Book 11 : NEVIIM - II KINGS - Chapter 020
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In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him: 'Thus saith HaShem: Set
thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
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Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto HaShem,
saying
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`Remember now, O HaShem, I beseech Thee, how I have walked
before Thee in truth and with a whole heart, and have done that which is good in
Thy sight.' And Hezekiah wept sore
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And it came to pass, before Isaiah was gone out of the
inner court of the city, that the word of HaShem came to him, saying
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'Return, and say to Hezekiah the prince of My people: Thus
saith HaShem, the G-d 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 HaShem
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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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And Isaiah said: 'Take a cake of figs.' And they took and
laid it on the boil, and he recovered
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And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah: 'What shall be the sign that
HaShem will heal me, and that I shall go up unto the house of HaShem the third
day?
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And Isaiah said: 'This shall be the sign unto thee from
HaShem, that HaShem will do the thing that He hath spoken: shall the shadow go
forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees
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And Hezekiah answered: `It is a light thing for the shadow
to decline ten degrees; nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
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And Isaiah the prophet cried unto HaShem; and he brought
the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz
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At that time Berodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of
Babylon, sent a letter and a present unto Hezekiah; for he had heard that
Hezekiah had been sick
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And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and showed them all his
treasure-house, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil,
and 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 showed them not
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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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And he said: 'What have they seen in thy house?' And
Hezekiah answered: 'All that is in my house have they seen; there is nothing
among my treasures that I have not shown them.
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And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah: 'Hear the word of HaShem
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Behold, the days come, that all that is in thy house, and
that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried to
Babylon; nothing shall be left, saith HaShem
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And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou
shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be officers in the palace of
the king of Babylon.
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Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah: 'Good is the word of
HaShem which thou hast spoken.' He said moreover: 'Is it not so, if peace and
truth shall be in my days?
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Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might,
and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah
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And Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son
reigned in his stead
Book 11 : NEVIIM - II KINGS - Chapter 020
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