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Chapter 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. |
| 2 | Then he turned his face to the wall, and
prayed unto the LORD, saying, |
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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. |
| 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, |
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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. |
| 6 | And I will add
unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the
hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and
for my servant David's sake. |
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7 | And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs.
And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. |
| 8 | And
Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me,
and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day? |
| 9 |
And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do
the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go
back ten degrees? |
| 10 | And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing
for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward
ten degrees. |
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11 | And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he
brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial
of Ahaz. |
| 12
| At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of
Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that
Hezekiah had been sick. |
| 13 | And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and showed
them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the
spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armor, and all that
was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his
dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not. |
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14 | 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, even from Babylon. |
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15 | And he said, What have they seen in
thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have
they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed
them. |
| 16 |
And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the
LORD. |
| 17 |
Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and
that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried
into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. |
| 18 | And of thy
sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away;
and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. |
| 19 | Then
said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken.
And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days? |
| 20 | And
the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool,
and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? |
| 21 | And Hezekiah
slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. |
