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2 Kings 20

2 Kings 20:9

Hezekiah’s Illness and Recovery · 2 Kings 20:1–11
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Translations

Modern
And 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?”
Traditional
And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
Literal
And Isaiah said, “This is to you the sign from YHWH, that YHWH will do the thing that He has spoken: Shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go backward ten degrees?”
Latin
Cui ait Isaias: Hoc erit signum a Domino quod facturus sit Dominus sermonem quem locutus est: vis ut ascendat umbra decem lineis, an ut revertatur totidem gradibus?

Original

Hebrew
English
And 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?”

Notes

2 Kings 20:1–19

In those days: This phrase gives a general time reference. It shows that the events are grouped by theme, not by strict order of time. The story about Merodach-baladan (2 Kings 20:12–19), who Sennacherib had expelled from Babylon before 701 BC, occurred before the events in chapters 18–19 but after Hezekiah's illness (2 Kings 20:12).

Theme notes and profiles

Hezekiah Isaiah

Events

Parallels

2 Chronicles 32:24–31 Isaiah 38:1–8

People

Isaiah: Prophet during reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah

Glossary

Astronomy Calendars (Ancient and Modern) Death Hezekiah Kings, Books of First and Second Sign Sundial

Topics

Degrees: Or Steps in the Dial of Ahaz Disease of Hezekiah Faith: Hezekiah Hezekiah: King of Judah: Sickness and Restoration of Isaiah: Comforts Hezekiah in his Affliction Isaiah: Performs the Miracle of the Returning Shadow to Confirm Hezekiah's Faith Miracles: Catalogue of Return of the Shadow on the Sun Dial Rulers: Righteous: Hezekiah, in his Fear of the Lord Symbols and Similitudes: Shadow on Ahaz' Sun-Dial The Sun: Indicates the Hours of the Day by the Shadow on the Dial Time: Indicated by a Sun-Dial Time: The Sun-Dial Early Invented for Pointing Out