Text: 2 Chronicles 32:31
OT Text Referred to: 2 Kings 20:1
Subject: Hezekiah's illness and receiving Babylonian representatives
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Hezekiah's illness in 2 Kings 20:1 connects to 2 Chronicles 32:31, where the Chronicler uniquely interprets the Babylonian envoys' visit as a divine test: "God left him to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart." This theological insight — absent from Kings — reveals that the entire sequence (illness, recovery, Babylonian visit) was God's means of exposing Hezekiah's pride. The Kings account shows what happened; the Chronicler explains why God allowed it, adding the note that Hezekiah's heart was "lifted up" but he humbled himself, averting judgment during his lifetime.