Hezekiah’s “Showing” and the Babylonian Ambassadors’ “Seeing” of the Royal Treasures: Towards a New Understanding of 2 Kings 20:12–19
The book of Kings offers a detailed description of Hezekiah’s reign. Among the episodes recorded, there is the visit of a Babylonian embassy to whom the king shows the treasures of his palace. This act prompts the prophet Isaiah to announce that all these riches will be carried away to Babylon (2 Kg...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2024, Volume: 74, Issue: 3, Pages: 369-391 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Könige 2. 20,12-19
/ Hezekiah Judah, King
/ Jesaja, Prophet 766 BC-686 BC
/ Treasure
/ Showing
/ Sehen (The German word) (Word)
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Treasures
B Akkadianism B Hezekiah B 2 Kings B Isaiah |
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