2Ki 20 | ABEn | STEP | In those days Hezekiah was infirm unto death. And [ 6 entered 7 to 8 him 1 Isaiah 2 son 3 of Amoz 4 the 5 prophet]. And he said to him, Thus says the lord , Give charge concerning your house! for you die, and shall not live.

‏ 2 Kings 20

CHAPTER 20 Hezekiah's Infirmity

1 In those days Hezekiah was infirm unto death. And [⁶entered ⁷to ⁸him ¹Isaiah ²son ³of Amoz ⁴the ⁵prophet]. And he said to him, Thus says the lord, Give charge concerning your house! for you die, and shall not live. 2 And Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and he prayed to the lord, saying, 3 O lord, remember indeed as much as I walked before you in truth, and in [²heart ¹a perfect]! and [²good ³in ⁴your eyes ¹I did]. And Hezekiah wept in [²weeping ¹a great]. 4 And Isaiah was in the courtyard between, and the saying of the lord came to him, saying, 5 Return! and you shall say to Hezekiah, the one leading my people, Thus says the lord, the God of David your father! I heard your prayer, and I beheld your tears. Behold, I shall heal you on the [²day ¹third], and you shall ascend into the house of the lord. 6 And I will add to your days fifteen years; and from the hand of the king of the Assyrians I will deliver you and this city. And I shall shield over this city because of myself, and because of David my servant. 7 And Isaiah said, Let them take a dried cluster of figs, and place them upon the sore! and he shall be healed. 8 And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What is the sign that [²shall heal ³me ¹the lord], and I shall ascend into the house of the lord on the [²day ¹third]? 9 And Isaiah said, This to you is the sign by the lord, that the lord shall do the word which he spoke. Shall [³go ¹the ²shadow] ten stairs or shall it return ten stairs.

God Returns the Shadow Ten Stairs

10 And Hezekiah said, It is a light thing for the shadow to lean ten stairs, not thus, but let [³return ¹the ²shadow] ten stairs to the rear. 11 And [⁴yelled out ¹Isaiah ²the ³prophet] to the lord, and he returned the shadow on the stairs of Ahaz, in which it went down the ten stairs, to the rear. 12 In that time [⁷sent ¹Berodach ²Baladan ³the son ⁴of Baladan ⁵king ⁶of Babylon] letters and gifts to Hezekiah; for he heard that Hezekiah was infirm. 13 And [²rejoiced ³over ⁴them ¹Hezekiah], and showed to them all the house of the spices -- the silver, and the gold, the aromatics, and the [²olive oil ¹good], and the house of his weapons, and all as much as was found in his treasuries. There was no place which [²did not ³show ⁴to them ¹Hezekiah] in his house, and in all under his authority. 14 And [⁴entered ¹Isaiah ²the ³prophet] to Hezekiah the king, and he said to him, What did [³say ²men ¹these], and from what place came they to you? And Hezekiah said, From a land at a distance -- they came to me from Babylon. 15 And he said, What did they behold in your house? And Hezekiah said, All as much is in my house they beheld. There was nothing in my house which I did not show to them, and in my treasuries.

The Coming Babylonian Captivity

16 And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the lord! 17 Behold, days come, says the lord, and there shall be taken away all the things in your house, and as much as [²treasured up ¹your fathers] until this day into Babylon. There shall not be left behind a thing, said the lord. 18 And from your sons of the ones coming forth from you, whom you procreated, they shall take them, and they will be eunuchs in the house of the king of Babylon. 19 And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, [⁴is good ¹The ²word ³of the lord] which he spoke, let there be peace and justice in my days! 20 And the rest of the words of Hezekiah, and all as much as he did, and all his dominations, and the fountain and the aqueduct, and how he brought the water into the city; behold are not these written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Judah? 21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and he was entombed in the city of David. And [³reigned ¹Manasseh ²his son] instead of him.