Text: 2 Chronicles 32:24-26
OT Text Referred to: 2 Kings 20:12-19
Subject: Prophetic declaration
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Kings devotes eight verses to the Babylonian envoys' visit: Hezekiah shows them everything, Isaiah rebukes him, and prophesies that Babylon will carry away all these treasures. The Chronicler compresses the entire episode into 2 Chronicles 32:24-26, focusing on the theological lesson: after his recovery, "Hezekiah's heart was proud" (גָּבַהּ לִבּוֹ), but "he humbled himself... so the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah." The Chronicler replaces Kings' detailed narrative with a concise moral: pride followed by repentance delays judgment — a pattern the Chronicler applies to multiple kings.