Diseases: God often Entreated to Cure

David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.

In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’” …

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.

Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.