2KI-20:1 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.

2KI-20:2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto

the LORD, saying,

2KI-20:3 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.

2KI-20:4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the

middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

2KI-20:5 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.

2KI-20:6 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.

2KI-20:7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and

laid [it] on the boil, and he recovered.

2KI-20:8 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?

2KI-20:9 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?

2KI-20:10 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.

2KI-20:11 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.

2KI-20:12 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.

2KI-20:13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and showed 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

showed them not.

2KI-20:14 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.

2KI-20:15 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 showed them.

2KI-20:16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the

LORD.

2KI-20:17 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.

2KI-20:18 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.

2KI-20:19 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?

2KI-20:20 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?

2KI-20:21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his

son reigned in his stead.

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