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In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said to him, "This is what the LORD says: 'Set your house in order, for you are going to die and not live.'"

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord , Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,

Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord ,

and said, "Please, LORD, just remember how I have walked before You wholeheartedly and in truth, and have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept profusely.

And said, Remember now, O Lord , I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,

Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,

"Go and say to Hezekiah, 'This is what the LORD, the God of your father David says: "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord , the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

"And I will save you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will protect this city."'

And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

"And this shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will perform this word that He has spoken:

And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord , that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken;

"Behold, I will make the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, go back ten steps." So the sun's shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.

Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.