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

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

  • 2 Kgs 20:9-12
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    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.

    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.

    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 20:1-7
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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.

  • 2 Chr 32:24
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    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.

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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,

    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.

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

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 20:14-16
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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.

    15 And 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.

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

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

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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.

    4 And 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.

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

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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,

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    8 Then 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.

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    8 Then 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?

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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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