II Kings Chapter 20

II Kings Chapter 20
1 About that time was Hezekiah sick
unto death: and the prophet Isaiah the
son of Amoz came to him, and said unto
him, Thus saith the Lord, Put thine house
in an order: for thou shalt die, and not
live.
2 Then he turned his face to the wall,
and prayed to the Lord, saying, 3 I
beseech thee, O Lord, 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 afore Isaiah was gone out into the
middle of the court, the word of the Lord
came to him, saying,
5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the
captain of my people, Thus saith the
Lord God of David thy father, I have
heard thy prayer, and seen thy tears:
behold, I have healed thee, and the third
day thou shalt go up to the house of the
Lord, 6 And I will add unto thy days
fifteen year, and will deliver thee and
this city out of the hand of the king of
Assyria, and will defend this city for
mine own sake, and for David my
servant's sake.
7 Then Isaiah said, Take a lump of dry
figs. And they took it, and laid it on the
boil, and he recovered.
8 For Hezekiah had said unto Isaiah,
What shall be the sign that the Lord will
heal me, and that I shall go up into the
house of the Lord the third day?
9 And Isaiah answered, This sign shalt
thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will
do that he hath spoken, Wilt thou that the
shadow go forward ten degrees, or go
back ten degrees?
10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light
thing for the shadow to pass forward ten
degrees: not so then, but let the shadow
go back ten degrees. 11 And Isaiah the
prophet called unto the Lord, and he
brought again the shadow ten degrees
back by the degrees whereby it had gone
down in the dial of Ahaz.
12 The same season Berodach Baladan
the son of Baladan king of Babylon, sent
letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he
had heard how that Hezekiah was sick.
13 And Hezekiah heard them, and
showed them all his treasure house, to
wit, the silver, and the gold, and the
spices, and the precious ointment, and
all the house of his armor, and all that
was found in his treasures: there was
nothing in his house, and in all his realm,
that Hezekiah showed them not. 14 Then
Isaiah the prophet came unto king
Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said
these men? And from whence came they
to thee? And Hezekiah said, They be
come from a far country , even from
Babylon. 15 Then said he, What have
they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah
answered, All that is in mine house have
they seen: there is nothing among my
treasures, that I have not showed them.
16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear
the word of the Lord.
17 Behold, the days come, that all that is
in thine house, and whatsoever thy
fathers have laid up in store unto this
day, shall be carried into Babylon:
Nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.
18 And of thy sons, that shall proceed
out of thee, and which thou shalt beget,
shall they take away, and they shall be
eunuchs in the palace of the king of
Babylon.
19 Then Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, The
word of the Lord which thou hast
spoken, is good: for said he, Shall it not
be good, if peace and truth be in my
days?
20 Concerning the rest of the acts of
Hezekiah, and all his valiant deeds, and
how he made a pool and a conduit, and
brought water into the city, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah?
21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers:
and Manasseh his son reigned in his
stead.