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Isa 38:1 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		A. M. 3291. B.C. 718.
was Hezekiah		2Ki 20:1-11; 2Ch 32:24; Jhn 11:1-5; Act 9:37; Phl 2:27-30
And Isaiah		Isa 37:21; Isa 39:3,4
Set thine house in order		Heb. Give charge concerning thy house. 2Sa 17:23; Ecc 9:10
for thou		Jer 18:7-10; Jon 3:4,10

Correlating Passages

was Hezekiah

	2Ki 20:1	In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
	2Ki 20:2	Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,
	2Ki 20:3	I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now 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.
	2Ki 20:4	And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
	2Ki 20:5	Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
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	2Ch 32:24	In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
	Jhn 11:1	Now a certain [man] was sick, [named] Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
	Jhn 11:2	(It was [that] Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
	Jhn 11:3	Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
	Jhn 11:4	When Jesus heard [that], he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
	Jhn 11:5	Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
	Act 9:37	And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid [her] in an upper chamber.
	Phl 2:27	For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
	Phl 2:28	I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
	Phl 2:29	Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
	Phl 2:30	Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

And Isaiah

	Isa 37:21	Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
	Isa 39:3	Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, [even] from Babylon.
	Isa 39:4	Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that [is] in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

Set thine house in order

	2Sa 17:23	And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled [his] ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
	Ecc 9:10	Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

for thou

	Jer 18:7	[At what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy [it];
	Jer 18:8	If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
	Jer 18:9	And [at what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant [it];
	Jer 18:10	If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
	Jon 3:4	And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
	Jon 3:10	And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did [it] not.

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Scott, Thomas. "Isaiah 38:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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