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II Kings
Chapter 20
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In those days
was
Hezekiah sick unto death.
And
the prophet Isaiah
the
son of Amoz came to him,
and
said unto him,
Thus
said Jehovah/God,
Set
your house in order;
for
you shall die, and not live.
2
Then he turned his face to the wall,
and
prayed unto Jehovah/God, saying, 3
I
beseech you, O Jehovah/God,
remember
now how I have
Walked
before You in Doctrine/Truth
and
with a 'perfect heart/'right lobe'
{idiom meaning a spiritually mature believer},
and
have done that which is good in your sight.
And
Hezekiah wept sore.
4
And it came to pass,
afore
Isaiah was gone out into the middle court,
that
the word of Jehovah/God came to him, saying, 5
Turn
again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people,
Thus
said Jehovah/God, the 'Elohiym/Godhead of David your father,
I
have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears.
Behold,
I will heal you.
On
the third day you shall go up unto the house of Jehovah/God.
6
And I will add unto your days fifteen years;
and
I will deliver you and this city
out
of the hand of the king of Assyria;
and
I will defend this city for my 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 Hezekiah said unto Isaiah,
What
shall be the sign that Jehovah/God will heal me,
and
that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah/God the third day?
9
And Isaiah said, This sign shall you have of Jehovah/God,
that
Jehovah/God will do the thing that he have spoken.
Shall
the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
10
And Hezekiah answered,
It
is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees.
No,
but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
{to make the Sun go BACKWARDS in the sky as a miracle sign}
11
And Isaiah the prophet cried unto Jehovah/God
and
He brought the shadow ten degrees backward,
by
which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
12
At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan,
king
of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah
for
he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
13
And Hezekiah 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
Hezekiah showed them not.
14
Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah,
and
said unto him, What said these men?
And
from whence came they unto you?
And
Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.
15
And he said, What have they seen in your house?
And
Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in my house have they seen
there
is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them.
16
And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah,
Hear
the word of Jehovah/God.
17
Behold, the days come,
that
all that is in your house,
and
that which your fathers have laid up in store unto this day,
shall
be carried into Babylon . . .
nothing
shall be left, said Jehovah/God.
18
And of your sons that shall issue from you,
which
you shall beget,
shall
they take away;
and
they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
19
Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah,
Good
is the word of Jehovah/God
which
you have spoken.
And
he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
20
And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, 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 Hezekiah slept with his fathers.
And
Manasseh his son reigned in his place/stead.
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