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          DASV: 2 Kings 20    

1 In those days Hezekiah became sick to the point of
death. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him,
and said, "This is what the LORD says, 'Set your house
in order, for you are about to die; you will not
recover."
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and
prayed to the LORD, saying,
3 "Remember, O LORD, I entreat you, how I have
walked before you in truth with a perfect heart,
and have done what was good in your sight." Then
Hezekiah wept bitterly.

4 Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard,
the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
5 "Go back, and tell Hezekiah the leader of my
people, 'This is what the LORD says, the God
of David your father, "I have heard your prayer;
I have seen your tears. I will heal you.
In three days you will go up to the temple
of the LORD.
6 I will add fifteen years to your life and
will rescue you and this city out of the hand
of the king of Assyria. I will defend this
city for my own sake, and for my servant
David's sake."'"
7 Then Isaiah said, "Bring here a fig poultice."
So they took and spread it on the boil, and he
recovered.

8 Hezekiah asked Isaiah, "What will be the
sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I
will go up to the temple of the LORD on the
third day?"
9 Isaiah replied, "This will be your sign from
the LORD, that the LORD will in fact do the
thing that he has promised. Do you want the
shadow to go forward ten steps, or to go backward
ten steps?"
10 Hezekiah answered, "It is simple for the
shadow to lengthen ten steps. Rather, let
the shadow move backward ten steps."
11 Isaiah the prophet called to the LORD; and
he made the shadow move ten steps backward,
after it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.
v 12 At that time Merodach-baladan the son of
Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a
present to Hezekiah because he had heard that
Hezekiah had been sick.
13 Hezekiah welcomed them, and showed them
all the treasury with its cache of silver,
gold, spices, and precious olive oil, and
his armory, and everything that was found
in his royal treasuries. There was nothing
in his palace or in all his kingdom, that
Hezekiah did not show them.

14 Then Isaiah the prophet came to king
Hezekiah, and asked him, "What did these
men say? Where did they come from?" Hezekiah
replied, "They have come from a far country,
from Babylon."
15 Isaiah asked, "What have they seen in your
palace?" Hezekiah answered, "They have seen
everything in my palace. There is nothing in
my treasuries that I did not show them."
16 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word
of the LORD:
17 'The time is coming, when all that is in your
palace, and that which your fathers have stored
up to this day, will be carried to Babylon.
Nothing will be left,' says the LORD.
18 Some of your own sons, whom you will father,
will be taken away and will become eunuchs in
the palace of the king of Babylon."
19 Then Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, "The word
of the LORD you have spoken is good." For he
thought, "At least there will be peace and
security in my days."
20 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and
all his might, including how he built a pool,
and a tunnel to bring water into the city, are
they not written in the scroll of the Annals
of the kings of Judah?
21 Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh
his son reigned in his place.

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