2 Kings 20:19 meaning and explanation

But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”

2 Kings 20:19, Berean Standard Bible

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Hezekiah has just heard Isaiah's verdict: Babylon will one day carry off everything in his palace and take some of his own descendants as eunuchs. His reply accepts the word as good, and the narrator supplies his reasoning, that peace and security would hold during his own lifetime.

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