Hezekiah's Illness and Recovery

2 Kings 20

1 x In those days y Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, "Thus says the Lord, z 'Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.'" 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying, 3 "Now, O Lord, a please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and b with a whole heart, c and have done what is good in your sight." d And Hezekiah wept bitterly. 4 And before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him: 5 "Turn back, and say to Hezekiah e the leader of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: f I have heard your prayer; g I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord, 6 and I will add fifteen years to your life. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, h and I will defend this city for my own sake and for my servant David's sake." 7 And Isaiah said, "Bring a cake of figs. And let them take and lay it on the boil, that he may recover."

8 And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?" 9 And Isaiah said, "This shall be i the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he has promised: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?" 10 And Hezekiah answered, "It is an easy thing for the shadow j to lengthen ten steps. Rather let the shadow go back ten steps." 11 And Isaiah the prophet called to the Lord, k and he brought the shadow back ten steps, by which it had gone down on the steps of Ahaz.

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 20:1 - 11
    In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, "Thus says the Lord, 'Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.'
    Isaiah 38:1 - 22
    In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, "Thus says the Lord : Set your house in order, for you shall die, you shall not recover.
  2. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 32:24
    In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death, and he prayed to the Lord, and he answered him and gave him a sign.
  3. Cross References
    2 Samuel 17:23
    When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
  4. Cross References
    Nehemiah 5:19
    Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people.
    Nehemiah 13:14
    Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God and for his service.
    Nehemiah 13:22
    Then I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves and come and guard the gates, to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember this also in my favor, O my God, and spare me according to the greatness of your steadfast love.
    Nehemiah 13:31
    And I provided for the wood offering at appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
  5. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:61
    Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day.
  6. Cross References
    2 Kings 18:3
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 39:12 - 13
    Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers.
  8. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:16
    "Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have seen my people, because their cry has come to me."
    1 Samuel 10:1
    Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, "Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
  9. Cross References
    2 Kings 19:20
    Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Your prayer to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
    Psalms 65:2
    O you who hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come.
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 39:12
    Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers.
    Psalms 56:8
    You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?
  11. Cross References
    2 Kings 19:34
    For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.
  12. Cross References
    2 Kings 19:29
    And this shall be the sign for you: this year eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs of the same. Then in the third year sow and reap and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 102:11
    My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
  14. Cross References
    Joshua 10:12 - 13
    At that time Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.
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