2 Kings 20:11

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Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and the LORD made the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz.

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  • Josh 10:12-14 : 12 The day the LORD delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua prayed to the LORD before Israel:“O sun, stand still over Gibeon! O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon!” 13 The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One. The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day. 14 There has not been a day like it before or since. The LORD obeyed a man, for the LORD fought for Israel!
  • Isa 38:8 : 8 Look, I will make the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz.” And then the shadow went back ten steps.
  • Acts 9:40 : 40 But Peter sent them all outside, knelt down, and prayed. Turning to the body, he said,“Tabitha, get up.” Then she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
  • Exod 14:15 : 15 The LORD said to Moses,“Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on.
  • 1 Kgs 17:20-21 : 20 Then he called out to the LORD,“O LORD, my God, are you also bringing disaster on this widow I am staying with by killing her son?” 21 He stretched out over the boy three times and called out to the LORD,“O LORD, my God, please let this boy’s breath return to him.”
  • 1 Kgs 18:36-38 : 36 When it was time for the evening offering, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and prayed:“O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. 37 Answer me, O LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, O LORD, are the true God and that you are winning back their allegiance.” 38 Then fire from the LORD fell from the sky. It consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dirt, and licked up the water in the trench.
  • 2 Chr 32:24 : 24 Hezekiah’s Shortcomings and Accomplishments In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. He prayed to the LORD, who answered him and gave him a sign confirming that he would be healed.
  • 2 Chr 32:31 : 31 So when the envoys arrived from the Babylonian officials to visit him and inquire about the sign that occurred in the land, God left him alone to test him, in order to know his true motives.

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  • 2 Kgs 20:1-10
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    1Hezekiah is Healed In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him,“This is what the LORD has said,‘Give your household instructions, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’”

    2He turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,

    3“Please, LORD. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.

    4Isaiah had not yet left the middle courtyard when the LORD’s message came to him,

    5“Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people:‘This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David has said:“I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will heal you. The day after tomorrow you will go up to the LORD’s temple.

    6I will add fifteen years to your life and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will shield this city for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.”’”

    7Isaiah ordered,“Get a fig cake.” So they did as he ordered and placed it on the ulcerated sore, and he recovered.

    8Hezekiah had said to Isaiah,“What is the confirming sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the LORD’s temple the day after tomorrow?”

    9Isaiah replied,“This is your sign from the LORD confirming that the LORD will do what he has said. Do you want the shadow to move ahead ten steps or to go back ten steps?”

    10Hezekiah answered,“It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps, but not for it to go back ten steps.”

  • Isa 38:7-9
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    7Isaiah replied,“This is your sign from the LORD confirming that the LORD will do what he has said:

    8Look, I will make the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz.” And then the shadow went back ten steps.

    9Hezekiah’s Song of Thanks This is the prayer of King Hezekiah of Judah when he was sick and then recovered from his illness:

  • Isa 38:4
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    4The LORD’s message came to Isaiah,

  • 2 Kgs 20:16
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    16Isaiah said to Hezekiah,“Listen to the LORD’s message,

  • 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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    21Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah:“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘As to what you have prayed to me concerning King Sennacherib of Assyria,

  • 2 Kgs 16:18
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    18He also removed the Sabbath awning that had been built in the temple and the king’s outer entranceway to the LORD’s temple, on account of the king of Assyria.

  • Isa 38:22
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    22Hezekiah said,“What is the confirming sign that I will go up to the LORD’s temple?”

  • Isa 39:5
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    5Isaiah said to Hezekiah,“Listen to the message of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies:

  • Isa 7:10-11
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    10The LORD again spoke to Ahaz:

    11“Ask for a confirming sign from the LORD your God. You can even ask for something miraculous.”

  • Amos 8:9
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    9In that day,” says the Sovereign LORD,“I will make the sun set at noon, and make the earth dark in the middle of the day.

  • 2 Kgs 20:14
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    14Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him,“What did these men say? Where do they come from?” Hezekiah replied,“They come from the distant land of Babylon.”

  • Isa 37:5
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    5When King Hezekiah’s servants came to Isaiah,

  • Isa 37:14-15
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    14Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the LORD’s temple and spread it out before the LORD.

    15Hezekiah prayed before the LORD:

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

  • Isa 38:1-2
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    1The Lord Hears Hezekiah’s Prayer In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him,“This is what the LORD says,‘Give instructions to your household, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’”

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

  • Jer 13:16
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    16Show the LORD your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.

  • 2 Kgs 19:20
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    20Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah:“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘I have heard your prayer concerning King Sennacherib of Assyria.

  • 2 Kgs 20:12
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    12Messengers from Babylon Visit Hezekiah At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah was ill.

  • 2 Kgs 20:19
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    19Hezekiah said to Isaiah,“The LORD’s message which you have announced is appropriate.” Then he added,“At least there will be peace and stability during my lifetime.”

  • 2 Chr 29:20
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    20Early the next morning King Hezekiah assembled the city officials and went up to the LORD’s temple.

  • Isa 1:1
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    1¶ Heading Here is the message about Judah and Jerusalem that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz during the time when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah reigned over Judah.

  • 2 Chr 28:21-22
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    21Ahaz gathered riches from the LORD’s temple, the royal palace, and the officials and gave them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help.

    22During his time of trouble King Ahaz was even more unfaithful to the LORD.

  • Isa 20:2
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    2At that time the LORD announced through Isaiah son of Amoz:“Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and take your sandals off your feet.” He did as instructed and walked around in undergarments and barefoot.

  • Zech 14:6
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    6On that day there will be no light– the sources of light in the heavens will congeal.

  • 2 Kgs 19:14
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    14Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the LORD’s temple and spread it out before the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 28:19
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    19The LORD humiliated Judah because of King Ahaz of Israel, for he encouraged Judah to sin and was very unfaithful to the LORD.

  • Isa 7:3
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    3So the LORD told Isaiah,“Go out with your son Shear-jashub and meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.

  • 2 Kgs 16:9
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    9The king of Assyria responded favorably to his request; he attacked Damascus and captured it. He deported the people to Kir and executed Rezin.

  • 2 Kgs 16:7
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    7Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, saying,“I am your servant and your dependent. March up and rescue me from the power of the king of Syria and the king of Israel, who have attacked me.”

  • 2 Kgs 19:1-2
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    1When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the LORD’s temple.

    2He sent Eliakim the palace supervisor, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, clothed in sackcloth to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.

  • Isa 39:3
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    3Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him,“What did these men say? Where do they come from?” Hezekiah replied,“They come from the distant land of Babylon.”