2 Kings 20:8

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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?

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  • Judg 6:17 : 17 So he said to him, If now I have grace in your eyes, then give me a sign that it is you who are talking to me.
  • Judg 6:37-40 : 37 See, I will put the wool of a sheep on the grain-floor; if there is dew on the wool only, while all the earth is dry, then I will be certain that it is your purpose to give Israel salvation by my hand as you have said. 38 And it was so: for he got up early on the morning after, and twisting the wool in his hands, he got a basin full of water from the dew on the wool. 39 Then Gideon said to God, Do not be moved to wrath against me if I say only this: let me make one more test with the wool; let the wool now be dry, while the earth is covered with dew. 40 And that night God did so; for the wool was dry, and there was dew on all the earth round it.
  • 2 Kgs 19:29 : 29 And this will be the sign to you: you will get your food this year from what comes up of itself; and in the second year from the produce of the same; and in the third year you will put in your seed and get in the grain and make vine-gardens and take of their fruit.
  • 2 Kgs 20:5 : 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.
  • Isa 7:11 : 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.
  • Isa 7:14 : 14 For this cause the Lord himself will give you a sign; a young woman is now with child, and she will give birth to a son, and she will give him the name Immanuel.
  • Isa 38:22 : 22 And Hezekiah said, What is the sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord?
  • Hos 6:2 : 2 After two days he will give us life, and on the third day he will make us get up, and we will be living before him.

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  • Isa 38:21-22
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    21And Isaiah said, Let them take a cake of figs, and put it on the diseased place, and he will get well.

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

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    9And 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?

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

    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.

    12At 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 20:1-7
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    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.

    2Then, turning his face to the wall, he 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.

    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.

    6I 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.

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

  • 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 38:1-9
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    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.

    6And I will keep you and this town safe from the hands of the king of Assyria: and I will keep watch over this town.

    7And Isaiah said, This is the sign the Lord will give you, that he will do what he has said:

    8See, 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.

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

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    14Then 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.

    15And he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah said in answer, They saw everything in my house: there is nothing among my stores which I did not let them see.

    16And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Give ear to the word of the Lord.

  • 20And the Lord gave ear to Hezekiah, and made the people well.

  • Isa 39:3-5
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    3Then 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.

    4And he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah said in answer, They saw everything in my house: there is nothing among my stores which I did not let them see.

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

  • 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?

  • Isa 37:14-15
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    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,

  • 8Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which you have said. And he said in his heart, There will be peace and quiet in my days.

  • 8Then the king said to Hazael, Take an offering with you, and go to see the man of God and get directions from the Lord by him, saying, Am I going to get better from my disease?

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 10And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, You will certainly get better; but the Lord has made it clear to me that only death is before him.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 10And Isaiah said again to Ahaz,

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

  • 1At 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, and was well again.

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

  • 14Make me well, O Lord, and I will be well; be my saviour, and I will be safe: for you are my hope.

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

  • 30And do not let Hezekiah make you put your faith in the Lord, saying, The Lord will certainly keep us safe, and this town will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.

  • 2After two days he will give us life, and on the third day he will make us get up, and we will be living before him.