2 Kings 20:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 50:15 : 15 Let your voice come up to me in the day of trouble; I will be your saviour, so that you may give glory to me.
  • Isa 38:2-3 : 2 And Hezekiah, turning his face to the wall, 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.
  • Matt 6:6 : 6 But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.
  • 1 Kgs 8:30 : 30 Give ear to the prayers of your servant, and the prayers of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear in heaven your living-place, and hearing, have mercy.

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  • Isa 38:1-5
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    94%

    1In 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.

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

    3O 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.

    4Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying,

    5Go to Hezekiah, and say, 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 give you fifteen more years of life.

  • Isa 37:14-15
    2 verses
    84%

    14And 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,

    15And he made prayer to the Lord, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 20:3-5
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    84%

    3O 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.

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

    5Go 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.

  • 2 Kgs 20:1
    79%

    1In 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 Chr 32:20
    79%

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

  • 2 Chr 32:24
    77%

    24In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death; and he made prayer to the Lord, and the Lord in answer gave him a sign.

  • Isa 37:20-21
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    77%

    20But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hand, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you, and you only, are the Lord.

    21Then 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 19:14-16
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    75%

    14And 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.

    15And Hezekiah made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, the God of Israel, seated between the winged ones, you only are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

    16Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord, and let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see; take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.

  • 2 Kgs 19:19-20
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    19But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hands, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you and only you, O Lord, are God.

    20Then 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 19:1
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    1And on hearing it, King Hezekiah took off his robe, and put on haircloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 20:8
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    8And 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?

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

  • Isa 37:1
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    1And on hearing it Hezekiah took off his robe and put on haircloth and went into the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 30:20
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    20And the Lord gave ear to Hezekiah, and made the people well.

  • 2 Chr 29:20
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    20Then Hezekiah the king got up early, and got together the great men of the town, and went up to the house of the Lord.

  • Neh 2:4
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    4Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven.

  • 2 Chr 6:19
    71%

    19Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant and to his prayer for grace, O Lord my God, and give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant makes before you;

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

  • 2 Kgs 4:33
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    33So he went in, and shutting the door on the two of them, made prayer to the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 20:19
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    19Then 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?

  • Deut 3:23
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    23And at that time I made request to the Lord, saying,

  • 2 Chr 33:12
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    12And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

  • 2 Kgs 19:4-5
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    4It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so then make your prayer for the rest of the people.

    5So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

  • 1 Kgs 8:28
    70%

    28Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant, O Lord God, and to his prayer for grace; give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant sends up to you this day;

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

  • Dan 9:3
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    3And turning my face to the Lord God, I gave myself up to prayer, requesting his grace, going without food, in haircloth and dust.

  • Jer 26:19
    70%

    19Did Hezekiah and all Judah put him to death? did he not in the fear of the Lord make prayer for the grace of the Lord, and the Lord let himself be turned from the decision he had made against them for evil? By this act we might do great evil against ourselves.

  • Isa 37:4-5
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    70%

    4It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so make your prayer for the rest of the people.

    5So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

  • Dan 9:20
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    20And while I was still saying these words in prayer, and putting my sins and the sins of my people Israel before the Lord, and requesting grace from the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God;

  • Ps 27:8
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    8When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search.

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    38Whatever prayer or request for your grace is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, whatever his trouble may be, whose hands are stretched out to this house:

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

  • 2 Kgs 20:11
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    11Then 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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    8My voice went up to you, O Lord; I made my prayer to the Lord.

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    9And said to them, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to put your request before him:

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    26But then, Hezekiah, in sorrow for what he had done, put away his pride; and he and all Jerusalem made themselves low, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come on them in Hezekiah's life-time.