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%

    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,

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

    5 Go 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%

    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 20:3-5
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    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.

  • 2 Kgs 20:1
    79%

    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 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.

  • 2 Chr 32:24
    77%

    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.

  • Isa 37:20-21
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    77%

    20 But 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.

    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 19:14-16
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    75%

    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 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.

    16 Let 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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    19 But 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.

    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 19:1
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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 Kgs 20:8
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    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?

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

  • Isa 37:1
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    1 And 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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    20 And the Lord gave ear to Hezekiah, and made the people well.

  • 2 Chr 29:20
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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.

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

  • 2 Chr 6:19
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    19 Still, 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;

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

  • 2 Kgs 4:33
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    33 So 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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    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?

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

  • 2 Chr 33:12
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    12 And 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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    4 It 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.

    5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

  • 1 Kgs 8:28
    70%

    28 Still, 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;

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

  • Dan 9:3
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    3 And 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%

    19 Did 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%

    4 It 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.

    5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

  • Dan 9:20
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    20 And 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;

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

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    38 Whatever 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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    11 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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    8 My voice went up to you, O Lord; I made my prayer to the Lord.

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    9 And 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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    26 But 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.