
Bible chapter guide
Isaiah 22
An oracle about the Valley of Vision, Jerusalem, which feasts instead of mourning while the enemy approaches. The people inspect the walls and collect water in a reservoir but do not look to the God who made it. The steward Shebna is to be replaced by Eliakim.
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See it in the Labs
- Jerusalem Through the AgesHezekiah's Jerusalem · Jerusalem Through the AgesOpen
- Jerusalem Through the AgesThe pool at the tunnel's end · Jerusalem Through the AgesOpen
- Hezekiah's TunnelHezekiah's tunnel · Hezekiah's TunnelOpen
- Hezekiah's TunnelWalk the tunnel · Hezekiah's TunnelOpen
- Hezekiah's TunnelThe breakthrough · Hezekiah's TunnelOpen
- Jerusalem Through the AgesThe Broad Wall · Jerusalem Through the AgesOpen
Also in this chapter
How sure can we be?
- Strongly supported
Kings says Hezekiah “made a pool, and a conduit”; Isaiah tells of a reservoir between the two walls.
- Strongly supported
Kings and Chronicles say Hezekiah stopped the springs outside the city and brought the water in; Isaiah speaks of a reservoir between the two walls.
- Strongly supported
Isaiah: “the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall”; Nehemiah names “the broad wall”.