Study it in the app“And so, with the interpreters of the officials of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, Elohim left him, to test him, to know all that was in his heart.”
And so,וְכֵןwith the interpretersבִּמְלִיצֵיof the officialsשָׂרֵיof Babylon,בָּבֶלwho sentהַמְשַׁלְּחִיםto himעָלָיוto inquireלִדְרֹשׁabout the wonderהַמּוֹפֵתthatאֲשֶׁרhad happenedהָיָהin the land,בָאָרֶץElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםleft him,עֲזָבוֹto test him,לְנַסּוֹתוֹto knowלָדַעַתallכָּלthat was in his heart.בִּלְבָבוֹ
interpreter
One who repeats in his own language what another says: an interpreter or an envoy.
Where else “melitse” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “meshalchim” appearsrequire
To investigate, or hold to account.
Where else “derosh” appearswonder
An astonishing deed of God's power.
Where else “mofet” appearshappen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsleave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “azav” appearstest
To put someone in a situation to see how he responds and what is within him.
Where else “nasot” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “daat” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears“Interpreters”: envoys, spokesmen. The visit is told in 2 Kings 20:12-19.
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The envoys from Babylon
2 Chronicles 32:31
31And so, with the interpreters of the officials of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, Elohim left him, to test him, to know all that was in his heart.
12At that time Berodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 13Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all his treasure house: the silver, the gold, the spices, and the fine oil, and his armory, and all that was found in his treasuries; there was not a thing that Hezekiah did not show them in his house or in all his dominion. 14Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where do they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “From a distant land they have come, from Babylon.” 15He said, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah said, “All that is in my house they have seen; there is not a thing that I have not shown them among my treasures.” 16Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of YHWH: 17‘Look, days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried to Babylon; not a thing will be left, says YHWH. 18And some of your sons who will come out from you, whom you will father, they will take; and they will be officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.’” 19Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “Good is the word of YHWH that you have spoken.” And he said, “Is it not so, if there will be peace and truth in my days?”
1At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that he had been sick and had recovered. 2Hezekiah was glad because of them, and showed them his treasure house: the silver, the gold, the spices, and the fine oil, and all his armory, and all that was found in his treasuries; there was not a thing that Hezekiah did not show them in his house or in all his dominion. 3Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where do they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “From a distant land they have come to me, from Babylon.” 4He said, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah said, “All that is in my house they have seen; there is not a thing that I have not shown them among my treasures.” 5Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of YHWH Tsevaot: 6‘Look, days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried to Babylon; not a thing will be left, says YHWH. 7And some of your sons who will come out from you, whom you will father, they will take; and they will be officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.’” 8Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “Good is the word of YHWH that you have spoken.” And he said, “For there will be peace and truth in my days.”
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
30This same Hezekiah stopped up the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them down to the west of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his work.
31 · This verse (above)
32The rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of loyal love, they are written in the vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
