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Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they
escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar- haddon his son reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER KINGS 20
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 L
ORD
, 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 L
ORD
, saying,
3
I beseech thee, O L
ORD
,
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 L
ORD
came to him, saying,
5
Turn again, and tell
Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the L
ORD
, 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 L
ORD
.
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.
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 L
ORD
will heal me, and that I
shall go up into the house of the L
ORD
the third day?
9
And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have
of the L
ORD
, that the L
ORD
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.
11
And Isaiah the prophet
cried unto the L
ORD
: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down
in the dial of Ahaz.
12
At that time Berodach-baladan, 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 shewed 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 armour, and all that was found in his treasures:
there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
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.
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 shewed them.
16
And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the L
ORD
.
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 L
ORD
.
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
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