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2 Kings 20:7

Then Isaiah said, "Crush figs together and put them on your sore; you will get well." So they took the mixture of figs and put it on Hezekiah's sore place, and he got well.

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Boil;   Disease;   Faith;   Fig;   Hezekiah;   Isaiah;   Prayer;   Rulers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Agriculture-Horticulture;   Boils;   Disease;   Diseases;   Figs;   Fruit, Natural;   Health-Disease;   Miracles;   Prevention and Cure of Diseases;   Remedies;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Diseases;   Fig-Tree, the;   Miracles Wrought through Servants of God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Fig;   Miracle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Disease;   Healing;   Hezekiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Heal, Health;   Miracle;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Boil;   Fig;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Boil;   Sore;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fig;   Food;   Isaiah, Book of;   Israel;   Medicine;   Plaister, Plaster;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Writing;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Boil;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Manasseh;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hezekiah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Urim and Thummim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Dial of Ahaz, the;   Fig;   Food;   Heal;   Hosea;   Text of the Old Testament;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Fig and Fig-Tree;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Isaiah said, “Bring a lump of pressed figs.” So they brought it and applied it to his infected skin, and he recovered.
Hebrew Names Version
Yesha`yahu said, Take a cake of figs. They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
King James Version
And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
English Standard Version
And Isaiah said, "Bring a cake of figs. And let them take and lay it on the boil, that he may recover."
New Century Version
Then Isaiah said, "Make a paste from figs." So they made it and put it on Hezekiah's boil, and he got well.
New English Translation
Isaiah ordered, "Get a fig cake." So they did as he ordered and placed it on the ulcerated sore, and he recovered.
Amplified Bible
Then Isaiah said, "Bring a cake of figs. And they brought it and placed it on the [painful] inflammation, and he recovered."
New American Standard Bible
Then Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs." And they took it and placed it on the inflamed spot, and he recovered.
World English Bible
Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Isaiah sayde, Take a lumpe of dry figges. And they tooke it, and layed it on the boyle, and he recouered.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs." And they took and laid it on the boil, and he was restored to life.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Isaiah said, "Prepare a poultice of figs." So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and he recovered.
Contemporary English Version
Then Isaiah said to the king's servants, "Bring some mashed figs and place them on the king's open sore. He will then get well."
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Yesha‘yahu said, "Prepare a fig-plaster." They brought it and laid it on the inflammation, so that he would recover.
Darby Translation
And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
George Lamsa Translation
And Isaiah said. Let them take a cake of figs and lay it on the boil and he shall recover.
Good News Translation
Then Isaiah told the king's attendants to put on his boil a paste made of figs, and he would get well.
Lexham English Bible
Then Isaiah said, "Bring a lump of figs," so they took and put it on the skin sores, and he lived.
Literal Translation
And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs; and they took and laid it on the boil; and he recovered.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Esay sayde: Bringe hither a quantite of fygges. And whan they broughte them, they layed them vpon the sore, and it was healed.
American Standard Version
And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
Bible in Basic English
Then Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. So they took it and put it on his wound, and he got better.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Isai sayd: Take a lumpe of dried figges. And they toke and layed it on the sore, and he recouered.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Isaiah said: 'Take a cake of figs.' And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
King James Version (1611)
And Isaiah said, Take a lumpe of figs. And they tooke and layd it on the boile, and he recouered.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it upon the ulcer, and he shall be well.
English Revised Version
And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Ysaie seide, Brynge ye to me a gobet of figis. And whanne thei hadden brouyte it, and hadde putte on `his botche, he was heelid.
Update Bible Version
And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid [it] on the boil, and he recovered.
New King James Version
Then Isaiah said, "Take a lump of figs." So they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
New Living Translation
Then Isaiah said, "Make an ointment from figs." So Hezekiah's servants spread the ointment over the boil, and Hezekiah recovered!
New Life Bible
Then Isaiah said, "Bring a loaf made of figs. Have them take and lay it on the sore on Hezekiah's body. Then he will be well again." And they took and laid it on the boil and he was healed.
New Revised Standard
Then Isaiah said, "Bring a lump of figs. Let them take it and apply it to the boil, so that he may recover."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Isaiah said - Take ye a cake of figs. So they took and laid it upon the boil, and he recovered,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Isaias said: Bring me a lump of figs. And when they had brought it, and laid it upon his boil, he was healed.
Revised Standard Version
And Isaiah said, "Bring a cake of figs. And let them take and lay it on the boil, that he may recover."
Young's Literal Translation
And Isaiah saith, `Take ye a cake of figs;' and they take and lay [it] on the boil, and he reviveth.
THE MESSAGE
Isaiah then said, "Prepare a plaster of figs." They prepared the plaster, applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah was on his way to recovery.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs." And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

Contextual Overview

1 At that time Hezekiah became sick and almost died. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to see him and told him, "The Lord says, ‘You will die soon, so you should tell your family what they should do when you die. You will not get well.'" 2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall that faced the Temple and began praying to the Lord . 3 " Lord , remember that I have sincerely served you with all my heart. I have done what you say is good." Then Hezekiah cried very hard. 4 Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, he received this message from the Lord , 5 "Go back and speak to Hezekiah, the leader of my people. Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord , the God of your ancestor David, says: I heard your prayer and I saw your tears, so I will heal you. On the third day you will go up to the Temple of the Lord . 6 I will add 15 years to your life. I will save you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will protect this city. I will do this for myself and because of the promise I made to my servant David.'" 7 Then Isaiah said, "Crush figs together and put them on your sore; you will get well." So they took the mixture of figs and put it on Hezekiah's sore place, and he got well. 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 said, "Which do you want? Should the shadow go forward ten steps or go back ten steps? This is the sign for you from the Lord to show that the Lord will do what he said he would do." 10 Hezekiah answered, "It is an easy thing for the shadow to go down ten steps. No, make the shadow go back ten steps."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Take a lump: 2 Kings 2:20-22, 2 Kings 4:41, Isaiah 38:21

the boil: The word shechin, from the Arabic sachana, to be hot, signifies an inflammatory tumour, or burning boil; and some think that Hezekiah's malady was a pleurisy; others, that it was the plague; and others, the elephantiasis, a species of leprosy, as one of the Hexapla versions renders in Job 2:7. A poultice of figs might be very proper to maturate a boil, or dismiss any obstinate inflammatory swelling; but we need not discuss its propriety in this case, because it was as much the means which God chose to bless for his recovery, as the clay which Christ moistened to anoint the eyes of the blind man; for in both cases, without Divine interposition the cure could not have been effected.

Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:18 - a boil 2 Kings 20:5 - I will heal Hebrews 11:34 - out of Revelation 13:14 - they

Cross-References

Genesis 2:17
But you must not eat from the tree that gives knowledge about good and evil. If you eat fruit from that tree, on that day you will certainly die!"
Genesis 12:15
Even some of Pharaoh's officials noticed her and told Pharaoh how beautiful she was. So they took her to Pharaoh's house.
Genesis 12:17
Pharaoh took Abram's wife, so the Lord caused Pharaoh and all the people in his house to have very bad diseases.
Genesis 20:1
Abraham left that place and traveled to the Negev. He settled in the city of Gerar, between Kadesh and Shur. While in Gerar,
Genesis 20:2
Abraham told people that Sarah was his sister. King Abimelech of Gerar heard this. Abimelech wanted Sarah, so he sent some servants to take her.
Genesis 20:3
But one night God spoke to Abimelech in a dream and said, "You will die. The woman you took is married."
Genesis 20:4
But Abimelech had not yet slept with Sarah, so he said, "Lord, I am not guilty. Would you kill an innocent man?
Genesis 20:5
Abraham himself told me, ‘This woman is my sister,' and she also said, ‘This man is my brother.' I am innocent. I did not know what I was doing."
Genesis 20:6
Then God said to Abimelech in a dream, "Yes, I know that you are innocent and that you did not know what you were doing. I saved you. I did not allow you to sin against me. I was the one who did not allow you to sleep with her.
Genesis 20:9
Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, "Why have you done this to us? What wrong did I do to you? Why did you lie and say that she was your sister? You brought great trouble to my kingdom. You should not have done this to me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Isaiah said, take a lump of figs,.... Not moist figs, but a cake of dried figs, as the word used signifies, and so the less likely to have any effect in curing the boil:

and they took, and laid it on the boil, and he recovered; made a plaster of it, and laid it on the ulcer, and it was healed. Physicians observe u, that as such like inflammations consist in a painful extension of the fibres by the hinderance of the circulation of the blood, through the extreme little arteries, which may be mitigated, or dissipated, or ripened, by such things as are emollient and loosening, so consequently by figs; and, in a time of pestilence, figs beaten together with butter and treacle have been applied to plague of boils with great success; yet these figs being only a cake of dry figs, and, the boil not only malignant, but deadly, and the cure so suddenly performed, show that this was done not in a natural, but in a supernatural way, though means were directed to be made use of.

u Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. vol. 3. p. 620. Vid. Levin. Lemnii Herb. Bibl. Explicat. c. 19. p. 60.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A lump of figs - The usual remedy in the East, even at the present day, for ordinary boils. But such a remedy would not naturally cure the dangerous tumor or carbuncle from which Hezekiah suffered. Thus the means used in this miracle were means having a tendency toward the result performed by them, but insufficient of themselves to produce that result (compare 2 Kings 4:34 note).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 20:7. Take a lump of figs - and laid it on the boil — We cannot exactly say in what Hezekiah's malady consisted. שחין shechin signifies any inflammatory tumour, boil, abscess, c. The versions translate it sore, wound, and such like. Some think it was a pleurisy others, that it was the plague; others, the elephantiasis; and others, that it was a quinsey. A poultice of figs might be very proper to maturate a boil, or to discuss any obstinate inflammatory swelling. This Pliny remarks, Omnibus quae maturanda ant discutienda sunt imponuntur. But we cannot pronounce on the propriety of the application, unless we were certain of the nature of the malady. This, however was the natural means which God chose to bless to the recovery of Hezekiah's health; and without this interposition he must have died.


 
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