2 Kings 20:1-3

Hezekiah is Healed

20:1 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. ¹  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.’” ²  20:2 He turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, 20:3 “Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you ³  faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, ⁴  and how I have carried out your will.” ⁵  Then Hezekiah wept bitterly. ⁶ 

[20:1]  ¹ tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying.”

[20:1]  ² tn Heb “will not live.”

[20:3]  ³ tn Heb “walked before you.” For a helpful discussion of the background and meaning of this Hebrew idiom, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 254.

[20:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “and with a complete heart.”

[20:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “and that which is good in your eyes I have done.”

[20:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “wept with great weeping.”