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Then said he, What have they seen in your house? Hezekiah answered, All that is in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them.
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The Blinding Nature of Pride
Commentators agree that Hezekiah's decision to show off all his treasures was driven by pride and a desire to appear as a 'great power.' John Calvin warns that ambition can be so intoxicating that it makes even godly people, like Hezekiah, blind to their own sin. This prideful display, as another scholar notes, foolishly made his kingdom look like a 'grand city to plunder.'
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
What have they seen?—It is probable that the fact that Hezekiah had shown them the treasures of his kingdom was known in Jerusalem.…
19th Century
Anglican
What have they seen in thine house?—The question was pressed home.
Had the king contented himself with such hospitality as would ha…
16th Century
Protestant
Then he said. Isaiah proceeds in his indirect admonition, to see if Hezekiah will be moved by it and displeased with himself. But still he…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then said he, what have they seen in your house ? &c.] Coming nearer to the point he had in view, and which was the …
13th Century
Catholic
At that time. The first point concerns the congratulations from friends, shown in the sending of messengers and…
