2 Kings 20:14 (WEB)

Passage

Then Isaiah the prophet came to king Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say? From where did they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “They have come from a far country, even from Babylon.”

Nearby Context

2 Kings 20:12 At that time Berodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

2 Kings 20:13 Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all the storehouse of his precious things, the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, or in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn’t show them.

2 Kings 20:14 Then Isaiah the prophet came to king Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say? From where did they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “They have come from a far country, even from Babylon.”

2 Kings 20:15 He said, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.”

2 Kings 20:16 Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear Yahweh’s word.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "isaiah", "prophet", "came", "king", "hezekiah", "said", "where", and "come". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "isaiah" and "prophet", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Hezekiah listened to them and showed them..." into verse 15's "He said What have they seen in...", so "isaiah" and "prophet" belong inside that flow. In 2 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "isaiah" and "prophet" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.