2 Kings 20:15
in 2 Kings 20“What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he said, What have they seen in thy house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them.
KJV
And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
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This verse in 2 Kings 20
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
But, after the destruction of Sennacherib, presents were brought him from various quarters, out of respect to a king who, by his faith and prayer, saved his country; and besides, it is by no means improbable that from the corpses in the Assyrian camp, all the gold and silver he had paid might be recovered.
This site's exposition
what did they say to you
on 2 Kings 20:14-15
Isaiah asks Hezekiah where the envoys came from, "what did they say to you," and what they have seen. Hezekiah names Babylon and answers the last question, saying "There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them". The record gives no answer to what the envoys said.
This site's exposition
What have they seen
2 Chronicles 32:31 says God left Hezekiah alone in this visit to test him and to know all that was in his heart. Isaiah turns the word everything back on him in verse 17.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Why then did he not bring them to Isaiah, and show him to them who was without doubt the best treasure he had in his dominions, and who by his prayers and prophecies had been instrumental in all those wonders which these ambassadors came to enquire into?
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
”They came from a distant land.” This is one of the three [men] whom the Holy One, Blessed Is He, tested and found them to be a pot of muddy water: [The three are,] Kayin, Chizkiyohu and Bilam.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מָ֥ה | mah | what? | H4100 → | 752 times |
| רָא֖וּ | rau | did they see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| בְּבֵיתֶ֑ךָ | beveitekha | in house your | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| חִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ | chizkiyahu | Hezekiah | H2396 → | 127 times |
| אֵ֣ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בְּבֵיתִי֙ | beveiti | [is] in house my | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| רָא֔וּ | rau | they saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הָיָ֥ה | hayah | it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| דָבָ֛ר | davar | anything | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הִרְאִיתִ֖ם | hiritim | I showed them | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| בְּאֹצְרֹתָֽי׃ | beotzerotai | in storehouses my | H214 → | 79 times |
וַיֹּ֕אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
מָ֥הwhat?
mahH4100 →752 times
רָא֖וּdid they see
rauH7200 →1300 times
בְּבֵיתֶ֑ךָin house your
beveitekhaH1004 →2046 times
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
חִזְקִיָּ֗הוּHezekiah
chizkiyahuH2396 →127 times
אֵ֣ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בְּבֵיתִי֙[is] in house my
beveitiH1004 →2046 times
רָא֔וּthey saw
rauH7200 →1300 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
הָיָ֥הit was
hayahH1961 →3559 times
דָבָ֛רanything
davarH1697 →1440 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
הִרְאִיתִ֖םI showed them
hiritimH7200 →1300 times
בְּאֹצְרֹתָֽי׃in storehouses my
beotzerotaiH214 →79 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
it leads to
- 1 John 1:8–10
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 32:3–5
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
- Job 31:33
if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
- Luke 15:18–24
I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
- Jeremiah 3:12–13
Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be…
- 1 John 1:8–10
Through
Job 31:33if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
it leads to
- Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
- Acts 5:8
“Tell me,” said Peter, “is this the price you and your husband got for the land?” “Yes,” she answered, “that is the price.”
- Proverbs 28:13
Through
Joshua 7:19So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 6:5
Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and…
- 1 Samuel 6:5
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About 2 Kings

Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonLate 8th century BCE / Divided KingdomIsaiahEighth-century BCE prophet of Judah whose oracles make up the book of Isaiah; a central voice for messianic prophecy.
- PersonDivided kingdomHezekiahThe reforming king of Judah who trusted Jehovah against Sennacherib, spread the Assyrian letter before the LORD, was granted fifte…
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Berean Standard Bible, 2 Chronicles 32:31; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
