Text: Isaiah 38:1
OT Text Referred to: 2 Chronicles 32:31
Subject: Hezekiah's illness and receiving Babylonian representatives
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Isaiah 38:1 narrates Hezekiah's mortal illness and recovery, while 2 Chronicles 32:31 uniquely reveals that "God left him to test him and to know everything that was in his heart" — a theological interpretation absent from Isaiah's account. The Chronicler explains that the Babylonian envoys' visit (triggered by the illness and the miraculous sign) was itself a divine test. What Isaiah presents primarily as a narrative of illness, prayer, and divine healing, the Chronicler reinterprets as a pivotal moment exposing Hezekiah's inner character, specifically his pride (32:25-26), which foreshadows the eventual Babylonian exile that Isaiah himself will predict in chapter 39.