Isaiah 39:7 (WEB)
‘They will take away your sons who will issue from you, whom you shall father, and they will be eunuchs in the king of Babylon’s palace.’”
Fathers and councils · 2
Athanasius of Alexandria
“He then said, ‘I will make;’ but the Prophet in that very book and the Fourth of Kings, thus speaks, ‘And the sons who shall come forth of thee.’” — editor's note: 2 Kings xx. 18; Is. xxxix. 7.
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Aphrahat
“And if thou gloriest in thy children, they shall be led away from thee to the Beast, as the children of King Hezekiah were led away, and became eunuchs in the palace of the King of Babylon.” — editor's note: 2 Kings xx. 18; Is. xxxix. 7.
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Cross-references · 1
2 Kings 20:18 and Isaiah 39:7 share the same wording (21 words).