Talmud for II Kings 20:16

It was stated in the name of Rebbi Eliezer: ²Tosephta 2:18; Babli Yoma53b..“The Ark was deported with them to Babylon. What is the reason? There will not remain a word³2K.20:17.. Word refers only to what contains the Words. And so it says, at the turn of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon with the desirable vessels of the Eternal’s House⁴2Chr.36:10. In the Tosephta this is the reason given by R. Simeon (ben Yoḥay) in support of R. Eliezer.. What are the desirables of the Eternal’s House? This is the Ark. Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish⁵This name of an Amora is impossible in a Tosephta. B has R. Jehudah bar Ilay; the Tosephta R. Jehudah ben Laqish (a fifth generation Tanna). Also quoted in Sefer Wehizhir p. 92a. said, at its place it was hidden. That is what is written⁶1K. 8:8., the poles were long; the tips of the poles were seen in the Sanctuary, in front of the Hall, but were not seen outside,<and were there until this day.⁷The additional words are only in ג and the Tosephta; they are the reason for ben Laqish’s statement.> It is written, were seen, and you are saying, but were not seen. They protrude and stick out like a woman’s breasts⁸This argument only explains the wording of the verse, explaining that the ends of the poles with which the Ark was carried were noticed on the gobelin between the Sanctuary and the Holiest of Holies. Babli Yoma54a in the name of Rav Jehudah..

King Hezekiah decided four things, and his decision was in accordance with the will of the Omnipresent God. He hid the Book of Healing, and his decision was in accordance with the will of the Omnipresent God. He broke apart the copper snake, and his decision was in accordance with the will of the Omnipresent God [as it says in II Kings 18:4, “Until those days, the children of Israel had been burning incense to it, and it was called Nekhushatan (‘the snake god’)”]. He removed the shrines and altars, and his decision was in accordance with the will of the Omnipresent God, as it says (II Chronicles 32:12), “Hezekiah removed His shrines and His altars and spoke to Judah and Jerusalem, and said: Will you bow down before one altar, and burn incense upon it?” He stopped up the waters of Gihon, and his decision was in accordance with the will of the Omnipresent God, as it says (II Chronicles 32:30), “Hezekiah stopped up the spring of the waters of [upper] Gihon, leading it downward, west of the City of David. And Hezekiah was successful in all that he did.”

It is written¹⁷⁹2K. 20:4–5.: The Word of the Eternal was to the prophet Isaiah as follows: Go and tell Hezekias, My people’s leader…so says the Eternal, your ancestor David’s God, I heard your prayer, I saw your tear; now I am adding fifteen years to your days. He told Him, first I told him one way, now I have to tell him this? He told Him, he is a great personality and will not believe me. He answered him, he is a very meek person and will believe you. Not only that, but the rumor has not yet spread in the city: Isaiah had not yet left the middle courtyard; “city” is written¹⁸⁰Courtyard is Qere, city is Ketib. The rumor is that Isaiah told the king that he would die. The prophet does not have to fear that his credibility was impaired..