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Passage Lookup: 2 Kings 20:1-11
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11 verses
New International Version (1984 Edition)
2 Kings 20:1
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In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, "This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover."
2 Kings 20:2
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Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD ,
2 Kings 20:3
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"Remember, O LORD , how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
2 Kings 20:4
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Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the LORD came to him:
2 Kings 20:5
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"Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, 'This is what the LORD , the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the LORD .
2 Kings 20:6
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I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.' "
2 Kings 20:7
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Then Isaiah said, "Prepare a poultice of figs." They did so and applied it to the boil, and he recovered.
2 Kings 20:8
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Hezekiah had 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 from now?"
2 Kings 20:9
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Isaiah answered, "This is the LORD's sign to you that the LORD will do what he has promised: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps?"
2 Kings 20:10
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"It is a simple matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps," said Hezekiah. "Rather, have it go back ten steps."
2 Kings 20:11
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Then the prophet Isaiah called upon the LORD , and the LORD made the shadow go back the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.
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