“1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah
the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set
thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. 2 Then he turned
his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, 3 I beseech
thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and
with a perfect heart, and have done [that which is] good in thy sight.
And Hezekiah wept sore. 4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out
into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 5
Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the
LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen
thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up
unto the house of the LORD. 6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen
years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king
of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my
servant David’s sake. 7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they
took and laid [it] on the boil, and he recovered. 8 And Hezekiah said
unto Isaiah, What [shall be] the sign that the LORD will heal me, and
that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day? 9 And
Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will
do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten
degrees, or go back ten degrees? 10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light
thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow
return backward ten degrees. 11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the
LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had
gone down in the dial of Ahaz.”
“12 At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon,
sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah
had been sick. 13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all
the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the
spices, and the precious ointment, and [all] the house of his armour,
and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house,
nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. 14 Then came
Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said
these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They
are come from a far country, [even] from Babylon. 15 And he said, What
have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All [the things]
that [are] in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my
treasures that I have not shewed them. 16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah,
Hear the word of the LORD. 17 Behold, the days come, that all that [is]
in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto
this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith
the LORD. 18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou
shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the
palace of the king of Babylon. 19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good
[is] the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, [Is it]
not [good], if peace and truth be in my days? 20 And the rest of the
acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a
conduit, and brought water into the city, [are] they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21 And Hezekiah slept with
his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.” (2 Kings
20:1-21 AV)
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