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Text -- 2 Kings 20:1-12 (NET)
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Hezekiah is Healed
20:1 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness . The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the Lord says , ‘Give your household instructions , for you are about to die ; you will not get well .’”
20:2 He turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord ,
20:3 “Please , Lord . Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion , and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly .
20:4 Isaiah was still in the middle courtyard when the Lord told him,
20:5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah , the leader of my people : ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says : “I have heard your prayer ; I have seen your tears . Look , I will heal you. The day after tomorrow you will go up to the Lord’s temple .
20:6 I will add fifteen years to your life and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria . I will shield this city for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant .”’”
20:7 Isaiah ordered , “Get a fig cake .” So they did as he ordered and placed it on the ulcerated sore , and he recovered .
20:8 Hezekiah had said to Isaiah , “What is the confirming sign that the Lord will heal me and that I will go up to the Lord’s temple the day after tomorrow ?”
20:9 Isaiah replied , “This is your sign from the Lord confirming that the Lord will do what he has said . Do you want the shadow to move ahead ten steps or to go back ten steps ?”
20:10 Hezekiah answered , “It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps , but not for it to go back ten steps .”
20:11 Isaiah the prophet called out to the Lord , and the Lord made the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz .
Messengers from Babylon Visit Hezekiah
20:12 At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan , king of Babylon , sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah , for he had heard that Hezekiah was ill .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Hezekiah |
JUDAH, KINGDOM OF |
Israel |
KINGS, BOOKS OF |
ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 3 |
Isaiah |
HEZEKIAH (2) |
ISAIAH, 1-7 |
Rulers |
Faith |
Disease |
Prayer |
Blessing |
DIAL OF AHAZ |
Dial |
Time |
Amoz |
Symbols and Similitudes |
HEAL |
Ahaz |
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NET Notes: 2Ki 20:4 Heb “and Isaiah had not gone out of the middle courtyard, and the word of the Lord came to him, saying.” Instead of “courtyard”...
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NET Notes: 2Ki 20:9 The Hebrew הָלַךְ (halakh, a perfect), “it has moved ahead,” should be emended to הֲי...
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NET Notes: 2Ki 20:10 Heb “the shadow.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
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NET Notes: 2Ki 20:11 These steps probably functioned as a type of sundial. See HALOT 614 s.v. מַעֲלָה and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor,...
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