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2 Kings 20 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Hezekiah’s Illness and Recovery

(2Ch 32:24–26; Isa 38:1–8 )
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In those days Hezekiah became [fn]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.’”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:2 - Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:3 - “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 [fn]profusely.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:4 - And even before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:5 - “Return and say to Hezekiah the leader of My people, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your father David says: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I am going to heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:6 - “And I will add fifteen years to your [fn]life, and I will save you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will protect this city for My own sake and for My servant David’s sake.”’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:7 - Then Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.” And they took it and placed it on the inflamed spot, and he recovered.
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Now Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:9 - Isaiah said, “This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will perform the word that He has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps or go back ten steps?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:10 - So Hezekiah said, “It is easy for the shadow to decline ten steps; no, but have the shadow turn backward ten steps.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:11 - Then Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow on the [fn]stairway back ten steps by which it had gone down on the [fn]stairway of Ahaz.

Hezekiah Shows Babylon His Treasures

(Isa 39:1–8 )
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At that time [fn]Berodach-baladan, a son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, because he heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:13 - And Hezekiah listened to [fn]them, and showed them all his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the balsam oil, the [fn]scented oil, the house of his armor, and everything that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house nor in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:14 - Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where have they come to you?” And Hezekiah said, “They have come from a far country, from Babylon.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:15 - Isaiah said, “What have they seen in your house?” So Hezekiah [fn]answered, “They have seen everything that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasuries that I have not shown them.”
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Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD:

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:17 - ‘Behold, the days are coming when everything that is in your house, and what your fathers have stored up to this day, will be carried to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:18 - ‘And some of your sons who will come from you, whom you will father, will be taken away; and they will become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:19 - Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD which you have spoken is good.” For he [fn]thought, “Is it not good, if there will be peace and [fn]security in my days?”
(2Ch 32:32, 33 )
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Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and all his might, and how he constructed the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:21 - So Hezekiah [fn]lay down with his fathers, and his son Manasseh became king in his place.
NASB20 Footnotes
Lit sick to death
Lit great weeping
Lit days
Lit steps
Lit steps
Some mss and ancient versions Merodach-baladan; cf. Is 39:1
I.e., messengers
Lit good
Lit said
Lit said
Lit trustworthiness
I.e., died
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