2 Kings 20:11

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Then the prophet Isaiah called out to the LORD, and He made the shadow go back ten steps on the stairway of Ahaz, the steps it had descended.

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  • Josh 10:12-14 : 12 On the day the LORD gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.” 13 And the sun stood still, and the moon halted until the nation took vengeance on their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down for about a full day. 14 There has never been a day like it, before or since, when the LORD listened to a human being, because the LORD fought for Israel.
  • Isa 38:8 : 8 Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the sun on the stairway of Ahaz go backward ten steps. And the sun moved back ten steps on the stairway where it had gone down.
  • Acts 9:40 : 40 Peter sent everyone out of the room, then knelt down and prayed. Turning toward the body, he said, "Tabitha, arise." She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
  • Exod 14:15 : 15 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move forward.
  • 1 Kgs 17:20-21 : 20 Then he cried out to the LORD and said, "O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy upon the widow I am staying with by causing her son to die?" 21 Elijah stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, "O LORD my God, please let the boy’s life return to him."
  • 1 Kgs 18:36-38 : 36 At the time of the evening offering, Elijah the prophet approached and said, "LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that You are God in Israel, that I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your command. 37 Answer me, LORD, answer me, so that this people will know that You, LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back to Yourself. 38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.
  • 2 Chr 32:24 : 24 In those days Hezekiah became very sick, to the point of death. He prayed to the LORD, who answered him and gave him a miraculous sign.
  • 2 Chr 32:31 : 31 However, regarding the envoys sent by the rulers of Babylon to inquire about the miraculous sign that had occurred in the land, God left Hezekiah to test him and to know what was in his heart.

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  • 2 Kgs 20:1-10
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    1In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, "This is what the LORD says: Set your house in order, for you are going to die; you will not recover."

    2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,

    3saying, "Please, LORD, remember how I have walked before You in truth, wholeheartedly, and have done what is good in Your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

    4Before Isaiah had gone out of the middle courtyard, the word of the LORD came to him:

    5"Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of My people: This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day, you will go up to the house of the LORD.

    6I will add fifteen years to your life. I will rescue you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David."

    7Then Isaiah said, "Prepare a lump of figs." So they took it and placed it on the boil, and he recovered.

    8Hezekiah asked Isaiah, "What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?"

    9Isaiah answered, "This is the sign from the LORD to you that He will do what He has promised: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps?"

    10Hezekiah answered, "It is an easy thing for the shadow to move forward ten steps; rather, let it go back ten steps."

  • Isa 38:7-9
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    7This will be the sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised.

    8Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the sun on the stairway of Ahaz go backward ten steps. And the sun moved back ten steps on the stairway where it had gone down.

    9A writing of Hezekiah, king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered:

  • Isa 38:4
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    4Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah:

  • 2 Kgs 20:16
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    16Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD:

  • 2 Chr 32:20
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    20King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven.

  • Isa 37:21
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    21Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah, saying, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria,

  • 2 Kgs 16:18
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    18Then he removed the Sabbath canopy they had built in the temple and the royal entrance to the outer court, to accommodate the king of Assyria.

  • Isa 38:22
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    22Hezekiah had asked, "What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord?"

  • Isa 39:5
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    5Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD of Armies:

  • Isa 7:10-11
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    10Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz,

    11'Ask the Lord your God for a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.'

  • Amos 8:9
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    9'On that day,' declares the Lord God, 'I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.'

  • 2 Kgs 20:14
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    14Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, "What did these men say, and where did they come from?" Hezekiah replied, "They came from a distant land—from Babylon."

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

  • Isa 37:14-15
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    14Hezekiah received the letters from the messengers, read them, and went up to the house of the LORD. There he spread them out before the LORD.

    15And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD, saying:

  • 2 Kgs 19:5
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    5When King Hezekiah's servants came to Isaiah,

  • Isa 38:1-2
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    1In those days, Hezekiah became sick to the point of death. The prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, came to him and said, "This is what the LORD says: 'Set your house in order, for you are about to die and will not recover.'"

    2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD.

  • Jer 13:16
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    16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the darkening mountains. You hope for light, but He will turn it to gloom and thick darkness.

  • 2 Kgs 19:20
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    20Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah, saying, 'This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.'

  • 2 Kgs 20:12
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    12At that time, Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah because he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

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    19Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good," for he thought, "Will there not be peace and security in my lifetime?"

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    20Early in the morning, King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.

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

  • 2 Chr 28:21-22
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    21Ahaz took some of the treasures from the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and the officials and gave them to the king of Assyria, but it did not help him.

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  • Isa 20:2
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    6On that day, there will be no light; the precious lights will diminish and freeze.

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    14Hezekiah received the letters from the messengers, read them, went up to the Lord's house, and spread them out before the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 28:19
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    19The LORD had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had promoted wickedness in Judah and had been unfaithful to the LORD.

  • Isa 7:3
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    3The Lord said to Isaiah, 'Go out to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-Jashub, your son, at the end of the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,'

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  • 2 Kgs 16:7
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  • 2 Kgs 19:1-2
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    1When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

    2Then he sent Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace, the scribe Shebna, and the elders of the priests, all dressed in sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.

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    3Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and asked him, "What did these men say, and where did they come from?" Hezekiah replied, "They came to me from a distant land, from Babylon."