¹⁹ Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, ‘The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good,’^(A) for he thought, ‘Why not, if there will be peace and security during my lifetime? ’

³⁰ He sent letters with assurances of peace and security^[a] to all the Jews who were in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus,

⁸ Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, ‘The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good,’ for he thought: There will be peace and security during my lifetime.^(A)