Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Second Kings:
Chapter 20
1. IN those days was
Hez-e-ki-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.
2. Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
saying,
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 Hez-e-ki-ah wept sore.
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.
5. Turn again, and tell Hez-e-ki-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.
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.
7. And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it
on the boil, and he recovered.
8. And Hez-e-ki-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?
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?
10. And Hez-e-ki-ah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go
down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
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.
12. At that time Ber-o-dach-bal-a-dan, the son of Bal-a-dan, king of
Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hez-e-ki-ah: for he had heard
that Hezekiah had been sick.
13. And Hez-e-ki-ah hearkened unto them, and shewed 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 shewed them not.
14. Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hez-e-ki-ah, 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.
15. And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And
Hez-e-ki-ah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they
seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
16. And Isaiah said unto Hez-e-ki-ah, Hear the word of the LORD.
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.
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.
19. Then said Hez-e-ki-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?
20. And the rest of the acts of Hez-e-ki-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?
21. And Hez-e-ki-ah slept with his fathers: and Ma-nas-seh his son
reigned in his stead.
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