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2 Kings 20:17

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Behold, the days come, that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store to this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, says Yahweh.

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Map of Palestine (The Holy Land)A general map of Palestine showing towns and regions across the Holy Land.
The Kingdoms of Israel and JudahThe divided monarchy, showing the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah.

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Babylon was the major city of a rising Mesopotamian empire east of Judah; Isaiah foretells that it would one day carry Hezekiah’s treasures and descendants into exile. Assyria, centered farther north in Mesopotamia, was the dominant threat in Hezekiah’s day, making Babylon’s later rise a striking warning of Judah’s future judgment.

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2 Kings 20:17 mentions Assyria and Babylon.

Assyria · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)
Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

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