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    2 Kings 20

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    Hezekiah hears that his palace will be emptied and his descendants carried off, and calls the word good because peace will last his lifetime.

    The illness, and the shadow that obligesvv. 1–11

    Hezekiah is told to put his house in order, turns his face to the wall, and weeps bitterly. The message changes before Isaiah has crossed the middle courtyard: fifteen years are added, the city is promised deliverance, and a poultice of figs is applied to the boil. Then comes the charmingly precise request for proof. Forward ten steps would be easy; backward ten steps would be difficult; so backward it goes, down the stairway of Ahaz.

    The visitors from Babylonvv. 12–19

    Merodach-baladan sends letters and a gift, having heard of Hezekiah’s illness. Hezekiah receives the envoys and shows them everything: silver, gold, spices, precious oil, the armory, and every storehouse. Isaiah asks what they saw, and the answer is admirably comprehensive. The consequence is comprehensive too: everything will go to Babylon, and some of Hezekiah’s own descendants will be taken to serve in the palace of its king. Hezekiah calls this word good, provided peace and security remain in his lifetime—a remarkably local definition of good news.

    The end of Hezekiah’s reignvv. 20–21

    The chapter closes by mentioning Hezekiah’s might, the pool, and the tunnel that brought water into the city. He rested with his fathers, and Manasseh reigned in his place.

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    1. 2 Kgs 20:1In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”

    2. 2 Kgs 20:2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,

    3. 2 Kgs 20:3“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

    4. 2 Kgs 20:4Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

    5. 2 Kgs 20:5“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.

    6. 2 Kgs 20:6I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

    7. 2 Kgs 20:7Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.

    8. 2 Kgs 20:8Now Hezekiah had asked 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?”

    9. 2 Kgs 20:9And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?”

    10. 2 Kgs 20:10“It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”

    11. 2 Kgs 20:11So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.

    12. 2 Kgs 20:12At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.

    13. 2 Kgs 20:13And Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.

    14. 2 Kgs 20:14Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”

    15. 2 Kgs 20:15“What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”

    16. 2 Kgs 20:16Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD:

    17. 2 Kgs 20:17The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.

    18. 2 Kgs 20:18And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

    19. 2 Kgs 20:19But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”

    20. 2 Kgs 20:20As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

    21. 2 Kgs 20:21And Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and his son Manasseh reigned in his place.

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    • 5Psalms 66:19–20But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
    • 5Isaiah 38:5“Go and tell Hezekiah that 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.
    • 51 Samuel 9:16“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him ruler over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
    • 52 Kings 19:20Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.
    • 5Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
    • 5James 5:14–15Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
    • 1Isaiah 38:1–22In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
    • 5Revelation 7:17For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
    • 12 Chronicles 32:24–26In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.
    • 5Matthew 22:32‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
    • 5Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
    • 1Philippians 2:27He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.
    • 5Joshua 5:14–15“Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”
    • 5Job 33:19–26A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
    • 1Jonah 3:4–10On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”
    • 62 Kings 19:34I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

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