2 Kings 20
Hezekiah's
Sickness |
2 Chr. 32.24-26 · Is. 38.1-22 |
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In those days was Hezeki'ah 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.
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Then he turned his face to the wall, and
prayed unto the LORD, saying,
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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 Hezeki'ah wept sore.
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And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was
gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
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Turn again, and tell Hezeki'ah 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.
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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.
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And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And
they took and laid it on the boil, and he
recovered.
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And Hezeki'ah 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?
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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?
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And Hezeki'ah answered, It is a light
thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow
return backward ten degrees.
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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.
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Hezekiah Receives
Envoys from Babylon |
2 Chr. 32.27-31 · Is. 39.1-8 |
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At that time Ber'odach-bal'adan, the
son of Bal'adan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto
Hezeki'ah: for he had heard that Hezeki'ah had been sick.
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And Hezeki'ah 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 armor, and all that was found in his treasures:
there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that
Hezeki'ah showed them not.
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Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king
Hezeki'ah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence
came they unto thee? And Hezeki'ah said, They are come from a far
country, even from Babylon.
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And he said, What have they seen in thine
house? And Hezeki'ah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures
that I have not showed them.
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And Isaiah said unto Hezeki'ah, Hear
the word of the LORD.
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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 unto Babylon: nothing shall be
left, saith the LORD. 2 Kgs. 24.13 · 2 Chr. 36.10
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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. 2 Kgs. 24.14, 15 · Dan. 1.1-7
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Then said Hezeki'ah 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?
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The Death of
Hezekiah |
2 Chr. 32.32, 33 |
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And the rest of the acts of Hezeki'ah,
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?
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And Hezeki'ah slept with his fathers: and
Manas'seh his son reigned in his stead.
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