Being Grateful Is Good

But do not brag.

Your intention may not entirely be wicked. But it can go against you.

Find out in this chapter how King Hezekiah made a wrong move of being overly opened with the Babylonians.

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“Hezekiah Shows-off”

“G-d’s Rebuke”

At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, the king of Babylonia, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that he was ill and had recuperated.
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Hezekiah rejoiced with them and showed [the messengers] his treasure house — the silver, the gold, the spices, the fine oil, his entire warehouse, and everything that was found in his treasuries; there was nothing that Hezekiah did not show them in his palace and in all his realm.
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Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “They came to me from a faraway land, from Babylonia.”
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He said, “And what did they see in your house?” Hezekiah said, “They saw everything in my house; there was nothing that I did not show them in my treasuries.”
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Isaiah then said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of Hashem, Master of Legions: Behold, the days are coming when everything in your house, and whatever your forefathers have accumulated until this day, will be carried off to Babylonia. Not a thing will be left, said Hashem.
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Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of Hashem that you have spoken is good”; and he said [to himself], “For there shall be peace and truth in my own days.”
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1 At that time, Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, the king of Babylonia, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah when he heard that he had been ill and had recovered.
2 And Hezekiah rejoiced over them, and he showed them his entire treasure- house, the silver, the gold, the spices, and the good oil, and the entire house in which he kept his vessels, and everything that was found in his treasures; there was nothing that Hezekiah did not show them in his palace and in his kingdom.
3 And Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, “What did these men say, and whence did they come to you? ” And Hezekiah said, “They have come to me from a distant country-from Babylonia.”
4 And he said, “What did they see in your palace?” And Hezekiah said, “They saw everything that is in my palace. There was nothing that I did not show them in my treasuries. “
5 And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hearken to the word of the Lord of Hosts,
6 ‘Behold a time shall come when everything in your palace and what your forefathers have stored up, shall be carried off to Babylonia; nothing shall remain,’ said the Lord.
7 And they shall take [some] of your sons, who shall issue from you, whom you shall beget, and they shall be officers in the palace of the king of Babylonia.”
8 And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “For there shall be peace and truth in my days.”