2 Kings 20:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then Isaiah the prophet made prayer to the Lord, and he made the shade go back ten degrees from its position on the steps of Ahaz.

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  • Josh 10:12-14 : 12 It was on the day when the Lord gave up the Amorites into the hands of the children of Israel that Joshua said to the Lord, before the eyes of Israel, Sun, be at rest over Gibeon; and you, O moon, in the valley of Aijalon. 13 And the sun was at rest and the moon kept its place till the nation had given punishment to their attackers. (Is it not recorded in the book of Jashar?) So the sun kept its place in the middle of the heavens, and was waiting, and did not go down, for the space of a day. 14 And there was no day like that, before it or after it, when the Lord gave ear to the voice of a man; for the Lord was fighting for Israel.
  • Isa 38:8 : 8 See, I will make the shade which has gone down on the steps of Ahaz with the sun, go back ten steps. So the shade went back the ten steps by which it had gone down.
  • Acts 9:40 : 40 But Peter made them all go outside, and went down on his knees in prayer; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, get up. And, opening her eyes, she saw Peter and got up.
  • Exod 14:15 : 15 And the Lord said to Moses, Why are you crying out to me? give the children of Israel the order to go forward.
  • 1 Kgs 17:20-21 : 20 And crying to the Lord he said, O Lord my God, have you sent evil even on the widow whose guest I am, by causing her son's death? 21 And stretching herself out on the child three times, he made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord my God, be pleased to let this child's life come back to him again.
  • 1 Kgs 18:36-38 : 36 Then at the time of the offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be seen this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things by your order. 37 Give me an answer, O Lord, give me an answer, so that this people may see that you are God, and that you have made their hearts come back again. 38 Then the fire of the Lord came down, burning up the offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and drinking up the water in the drain.
  • 2 Chr 32:24 : 24 In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death; and he made prayer to the Lord, and the Lord in answer gave him a sign.
  • 2 Chr 32:31 : 31 However, in the business of the representatives sent by the rulers of Babylon to get news of the wonder which had taken place in the land, God gave up guiding him, testing him to see what was in his heart.

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  • 2 Kgs 20:1-10
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    1 In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order, for your death is near.

    2 Then, turning his face to the wall, he made his prayer to the Lord, saying,

    3 O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.

    4 Now before Isaiah had gone out of the middle of the town, the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

    5 Go back and say to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, The Lord, the God of David your father, says, Your prayer has come to my ears, and I have seen your weeping; see, I will make you well: on the third day you will go up to the house of the Lord.

    6 I will give you fifteen more years of life; and I will keep you and this town safe from the hands of the king of Assyria; I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.

    7 Then Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. So they took it and put it on his wound, and he got better.

    8 And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What is to be the sign that the Lord will make me well, and that I will go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?

    9 And Isaiah said, This is the sign the Lord will give you, that he will do what he has said; will the shade go forward ten degrees or back?

    10 And Hezekiah said in answer, It is a simple thing for the shade to go forward; but let it go back ten degrees.

  • Isa 38:7-9
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    7 And Isaiah said, This is the sign the Lord will give you, that he will do what he has said:

    8 See, I will make the shade which has gone down on the steps of Ahaz with the sun, go back ten steps. So the shade went back the ten steps by which it had gone down.

    9 The writing of Hezekiah, king of Judah, after he had been ill, and had got better from his disease.

  • Isa 38:4
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    4 Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 20:16
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    16 And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Give ear to the word of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 32:20
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    20 And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, made prayer because of this, crying out to heaven.

  • Isa 37:21
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    21 Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, The prayer you have made to me against Sennacherib, king of Assyria, has come to my ears.

  • 2 Kgs 16:18
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    18 *** the house of the Lord, because of the king of Assyria.

  • Isa 38:22
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    22 And Hezekiah said, What is the sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord?

  • Isa 39:5
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    5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Give ear to the word of the Lord of armies:

  • Isa 7:10-11
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    10 And Isaiah said again to Ahaz,

    11 Make a request to the Lord your God for a sign, a sign in the deep places of the underworld, or in the high heavens.

  • Amos 8:9
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    9 And it will come about in that day, says the Lord God, that I will make the sun go down in the middle of the day, and I will make the earth dark in daylight:

  • 2 Kgs 20:14
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    14 Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, What did these men say and where did they come from? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country, even from Babylon.

  • Isa 37:5
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    5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

  • Isa 37:14-15
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    14 And Hezekiah took the letter from the hands of those who had come with it; and after reading it, Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, opening the letter there before the Lord,

    15 And he made prayer to the Lord, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 19:5
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    5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

  • Isa 38:1-2
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    1 In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order; for your death is near.

    2 And Hezekiah, turning his face to the wall, made his prayer to the Lord, saying,

  • Jer 13:16
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    16 Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.

  • 2 Kgs 19:20
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    20 Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, The prayer which you have made to me against Sennacherib, king of Assyria, has come to my ears.

  • 2 Kgs 20:12
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    12 At that time, Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters with an offering to Hezekiah, because he had news that Hezekiah had been ill.

  • 2 Kgs 20:19
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    19 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which you have said. Then he said, ... if in my time there is peace and righteousness?

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    20 Then Hezekiah the king got up early, and got together the great men of the town, and went up to the house of the Lord.

  • Isa 1:1
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    1 The vision of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, which he saw about Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 28:21-22
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    21 For Ahaz took a part of the wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the house of the king and of the great men, and gave it to the king of Assyria; but it was no help to him.

    22 And in the time of his trouble, this same King Ahaz did even more evil against the Lord.

  • Isa 20:2
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    2 At that time the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and take off your robe, and your shoes from your feet; and he did so, walking unclothed and without shoes on his feet.

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    6 And in that day there will be no heat or cold or ice;

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    14 And Hezekiah took the letter from the hands of those who had come with it; and after reading it, Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, opening the letter there before the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 28:19
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    19 For the Lord made Judah low, because of Ahaz, king of Israel; for he had given up all self-control in Judah, sinning greatly against the Lord.

  • Isa 7:3
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    3 Then the Lord said to Isaiah, Go out now, you and Shear-jashub, your son, and you will come across Ahaz at the end of the stream flowing from the higher pool, in the highway of the washerman's field;

  • 2 Kgs 16:9
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    7 So Ahaz sent representatives to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son; come to my help against the kings of Aram and Israel who have taken up arms against me.

  • 2 Kgs 19:1-2
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    1 And on hearing it, King Hezekiah took off his robe, and put on haircloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

    2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the chief priests, dressed in haircloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

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    3 Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, What did these men say, and where did they come from? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country, even from Babylon.