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20:10 Hezekiah <02396> answered <0559>, “It is easy <07043> for the shadow <06738> to lengthen <05186> ten <06235> steps <04609>, but not <03808> for <03588> it <06738> to go <07725> back <0322> ten <06235> steps <04609>.” 20:11 Isaiah <03470> the prophet <05030> called out <07121> to <0413> the Lord <03068>, and the Lord made <07725> the shadow <06738> go <03381> back <0322> ten <06235> steps <04609> on the stairs <04609> of Ahaz <0271>. 20:12 At that <01931> time <06256> Merodach-Baladan <01255> son <01121> of Baladan <01081>, king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, sent <07971> letters <05612> and a gift <04503> to <0413> Hezekiah <02396>, for <03588> he had heard <08085> that <03588> Hezekiah <02396> was ill <02470>. 20:13 Hezekiah <02396> welcomed <08085> them and showed <07200> them his whole <03605> storehouse <05238> <01004>, with its silver <03701>, gold <02091>, spices <01314>, and high quality <02896> olive oil <08081>, as well as his armory <03627> and everything <03605> in his treasuries <0214>. Hezekiah <02396> showed <07200> them everything <01697> in his palace <01004> and in his whole <03605> kingdom <04474>. 20:14 Isaiah <03470> the prophet <05030> visited <0935> King <04428> Hezekiah <02396> and asked <0559> him, “What <04100> did these <0428> men <0376> say <0559>? Where <0370> do they come <0935> from <0413>?” Hezekiah <02396> replied <0559>, “They come <0935> from the distant <07350> land <0776> of Babylon <0894>.” 20:15 Isaiah asked <0559>, “What <04100> have they seen <07200> in your palace <01004>?” Hezekiah <02396> replied <0559>, “They have seen <07200> everything <03605> in my palace <01004>. I showed <07200> them everything <01697> in my treasuries <0214>.” 20:16 Isaiah <03470> said <0559> to <0413> Hezekiah <02396>, “Listen <08085> to the word <01697> of the Lord <03068>, 20:17 ‘Look <02009>, a time <03117> is coming <0935> when everything <03605> in your palace <01004> and the things your ancestors <01> have accumulated <0686> to this <02088> day <03117> will be carried <05375> away to Babylon <0894>; nothing <03808> will be left <03498>,’ says <0559> the Lord <03068>. 20:18 ‘Some <04480> of your very own descendants <01121> whom <0834> you father <03205> will be taken <03947> away and will be made <01961> eunuchs <05631> in the palace <01964> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>.’” 20:19 Hezekiah <02396> said <0559> to <0413> Isaiah <03470>, “The Lord’s <03068> word <01697> which <0834> you have announced <01696> is appropriate <02896>.” Then he added <0559>, “At least there will be peace <07965> and stability <0571> during my lifetime <03117>.” 20:20 The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Hezekiah’s <02396> reign and all <03605> his accomplishments <01369>, including how he built <06213> a pool <01295> and conduit <08585> to bring <0935> water <04325> into the city <05892>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Judah <03063>. 20:21 Hezekiah <02396> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and his son <01121> Manasseh <04519> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.

• 2Ki 20:12-21 -- Messengers from Babylon Visit Hezekiah

• Hezekiah

  [ebd] whom Jehovah has strengthened. (1.) Son of Ahaz (2 Kings 18:1; 2 Chr. 29:1), whom he succeeded on the throne of the kingdom of Judah. He reigned twenty-nine years (B.C. 726-697). The history of this king is contained in 2 Ki...
  [smith] (the might of Jehovah). Twelfth king of Judah, son of the apostate Ahaz and Abi or Abijah, ascended the throne at the age of 25, B.C. 726. Hezekiah was one of the three most perfect kings of Judah. (2 Kings 18:5) Ecclus. ...
  [nave] HEZEKIAH 1. King of Judah, 2 Kin. 16:20; 18:1, 2; 1 Chr. 3:13; 2 Chr. 29:1; Matt. 1:9. Religious zeal of, 2 Chr. 29; 30; 31. Purges the nation of idolatry, 2 Kin. 18:4; 2 Chr. 31:1; 33:3. Restores the true forms of worshi...
  

• ISAIAH, 1-7

  [isbe] ISAIAH, 1-7 - i-za'-ya, i-zi'-a: 1. Name 2. Personal History 3. Call 4. Literary Genius and Style 5. Traditions concerning His Martyrdom 6. Period 7. Analysis and Contents 8. Isaiah's Prophecies Chronologically Arranged 9. T...
  

• ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 3

  [isbe] ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 3 - V. Period of the Separated Kingdoms. 1. Contrasts and Vicissitudes of the Kingdoms: The two separated kingdoms differed materially. The kingdom of Ephraim was the more powerful of the two. It embraced...
  

• KINGS, BOOKS OF

  [isbe] KINGS, BOOKS OF - || I. TITLE II. SCOPE III. CHARACTER OF BOOKS AND POSITION IN THE HEBREW CANON 1. Purpose 2. Character of Data IV. HISTORICAL VALUE 1. Treatment of Historical Data 2. Chronology 3. Value of Assyrian Records...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• JUDAH, KINGDOM OF

  [isbe] JUDAH, KINGDOM OF - || I. CANAAN BEFORE THE MONARCHY 1. The Coming of the Semites 2. The Canaanites 3. The Israelite Confederacy 4. Migration into Canaan 5. The Bond of Union 6. Early Rulers 7. The Judges 8. Hereditary Kings...
  

• HEZEKIAH (2)

  [isbe] HEZEKIAH (2) - (chizqiyah, "Yahweh has strengthened"; also written chizqiyahu, "Yah has strengthened him"; Hezekias): One of the greatest of the kings of Judah; reigned (according to the most self-consistent chronology) from...
  

• Isaiah

  [nave] ISAIAH, called also Esaias. Son of Amos, Isa. 1:1. Prophesies in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, Isa. 1:1; 6:1; 7:1, 3; 14:27; 20:1; 36:1; 38:1; 39:1; at the time of the invasion by Tartan, of...
  

• Temptation

  [nave] TEMPTATION. Gen. 3:1-13; Gen. 20:6; Ex. 34:12 vs. 13-16.; Deut. 7:25; Deut. 8:11-14, 17, 18; Deut. 13:3; 1 Chr. 21:1; 2 Chr. 32:30, 31; Psa. 119:165; Prov. 1:10-17; Prov. 2:10-12, 16; Prov. 4:14, 15; Prov. 5:6-21; Prov. 6:2...
  

• SENNACHERIB

  [isbe] SENNACHERIB - se-nak'-er-ib (cancheribh; Sennachereim, Assyrian Sin-akhierba, "the moon-god Sin has increased the brothers"): Sennacherib (704-682 BC) ascended the throne of Assyria after the death of his father Sargon. Appr...
  

• Babylon, kingdom of

  [ebd] called "the land of the Chaldeans" (Jer. 24:5; Ezek, 12:13), was an extensive province in Central Asia along the valley of the Tigris from the Persian Gulf northward for some 300 miles. It was famed for its fertility and its...
  

• ALLIANCE

  [isbe] ALLIANCE - a-li'-ans. 1. In the Patriarchal Stories: Frequent references are made to alliances between the patriarchs and foreigners. Abraham is reported to have had "confederates" among the chiefs of the Canaanites (Gen 14:...
  

• Rich, The

  [nave] RICH, THE: Neh. 5:1-13; Job 21:7-15; Job 27:13-23; Job 31:24, 25, 28; Psa. 49:16-18; Psa. 52:1-7; Psa. 73:3-22; Prov. 14:20; Prov. 18:11, 23; Prov. 28:11; Eccl. 5:13, 14, 19, 20; Jer. 5:7-9, 27-29; Jer. 9:23; Jer. 17:11; Je...
  

• Dial

  [ebd] for the measurement of time, only once mentioned in the Bible, erected by Ahaz (2 Kings 20:11; Isa. 38:8). The Hebrew word (ma'aloth) is rendered "steps" in Ex. 20:26, 1 Kings 10:19, and "degrees" in 2 Kings 20:9, 10, 11. Th...
  [smith] "An instrument for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; "rendered" steps" in Authorized Version, (Exodus 20:26; 2 Kings 10:19) and "degrees," (2 Kings 20:9,10,11; I...
  [nave] DIAL, a contrivance for indicating time by the sun's rays, 2 Kin. 20:11; Isa. 38:8. See: Sun-dial.
  

• Babylon

  [nave] BABYLON City of Built by Nimrod, Gen. 10:10. In the land of Shinar, Gen. 10:10; 11:2. Tower of, Gen. 11:1-9. Capital of the kingdom of Babylon, Dan. 4:30; 2 Kin. 25:13; 2 Chr. 36:6, 7, 10, 18, 20. Gates of, Isa. 45:1, 2...
  

• Ahaz

  [isbe] AHAZ - a'-haz ('achaz, "he has grasped," 2 Ki 16; 2 Ch 28; Isa 7:10 ff; Achaz). 1. Name: The name is the same as Jehoahaz; hence appears on Tiglath-pileser's Assyrian inscription of 732 BC as Ia-u-ha-zi. The sacred historian...
  [nave] AHAZ 1. King of Judah, son and successor of Jotham, 2 Kin. 15:38; 16:1; 2 Chr. 27:9; 28:1. Idolatrous abominations of, 2 Kin. 16:3, 4; 2 Chr. 28:2-4, 22-25. Kingdom of, invaded by the kings of Syria and Samaria, 2 Kin. 16:...
  

• Disease

  [nave] DISEASE Sent from God, Lev. 14:34. As judgments, Psa. 107:17; Isa. 3:17. Instances of Upon the Egyptians, See: Plagues; upon Nabal, 1 Sam. 25:38; David's child, 2 Sam. 12:15; Gehazi, 2 Kin. 5:27; Jeroboam, 2 Chr. 13:20; J...
  

• Faith

  [nave] FAITH. 2 Sam. 22:31; Psa. 5:11; Psa. 7:1; Psa. 9:9, 10; Psa. 18:30; Psa. 32:10; Psa. 33:18, 19; Psa. 34:8, 22 vs. 1-8;; Psa. 2:12. Psa. 36:7; Psa. 40:4; Psa. 64:10; Psa. 78:7 vs. 5-7.; Psa. 84:5, 12; Psa. 112:5, 7, 8; Psa. ...
  

• BALADAN

  [ebd] he has given a son, the father of the Babylonian king (2 Kings 20:12; Isa. 39:1) Merodach-baladan (q.v.).
  [isbe] BALADAN - bal'-a-dan bal'adhan, "He (i.e. Merodach) has given a son": Baladan is said in 2 Ki 20:12 and Isa 39:1 to have been the father of Berodach (Merodach)-Baladan, king of Babylon. Some have thought that the Biblical. w...
  

• Symbols and Similitudes

  [nave] SYMBOLS AND SIMILITUDES Trees of life and knowledge, Gen. 2:9, 17; 3:3, 24; Rev. 22:2. Rainbow, Gen. 9:12, 13. Circumcision, of the covenant of Abraham, Gen. 17:11; Rom. 4:11. Passover, of the sparing of the firstborn, an...
  

• Hezekiah's Illness

  

• Has the Missing Day in Joshua been proven scientifically?
  The following story has been circulating recently . . . Did you know that the space program is busy proving that what has been called "myth" in the Bible is true? Mr. Harold Hill, President of the Curtis Engine Company i...

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