Dual Panel1In those<1992> days<3117> Hezekiah<2396> became<2470> mortally<4191> ill<2470>. And Isaiah<3470> the prophet<5030> the son<1121> of Amoz<531> came<935> to him and said<559> to him, "Thus<3541> says<559> the LORD<3068>, 'Set<6680> your house<1004> in order<6680>, for you shall die<4191> and not live<2421>.'"
2Then he turned<5437> his face<6440> to the wall<7023> and prayed<6419> to the LORD<3068>, saying<559>,
3"Remember<2142> now<4994>, O<577> LORD<3068>, I beseech<577> You, how<834> I have walked<1980> before<6440> You in truth<571> and with a whole<8003> heart<3824> and have done<6213> what<2896> is good<2896> in Your sight<5869>." And Hezekiah<2396> wept<1058> bitterly<1419><1065>.
4Before<3808> Isaiah<3470> had gone<3318> out of the middle<8484> court<2691>, the word<1697> of the LORD<3068> came<1961> to him, saying<559>,
5"Return<7725> and say<559> to Hezekiah<2396> the leader<5057> of My people<5971>, 'Thus<3541> says<559> the LORD<3068>, the God<430> of your father<1> David<1732>, "I have heard<8085> your prayer<8605>, I have seen<7200> your tears<1832>; behold<2009>, I will heal<7495> you. On the third<7992> day<3117> you shall go<5927> up to the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>.
6"I will add<3254> fifteen<2568><6240> years<8141> to your life<3117>, and I will deliver<5337> you and this<2088> city<5892> from the hand<3709> of the king<4428> of Assyria<804>; and I will defend<1598> this<2088> city<5892> for My own sake<4616> and for My servant<5650> David's<1732> sake<4616>."'"
7Then Isaiah<3470> said<559>, "Take<3947> a cake<1690> of figs<8384>." And they took<3947> and laid<7760> it on the boil<7822>, and he recovered<2421>.
8Now Hezekiah<2396> said<559> to Isaiah<3470>, "What<4100> will be the sign<226> that the LORD<3068> will heal<7495> me, and that I shall go<5927> up to the house<1004> of the LORD<3068> the third<7992> day<3117>?"
9Isaiah<3470> said<559>, "This<2088> shall be the sign<226> to you from the LORD<3068>, that the LORD<3068> will do<6213> the thing<1697> that He has spoken<1696>: shall the shadow<6738> go<1980> forward ten<6235> steps<4609> or<518> go<7725> back<7725> ten<6235> steps<4609>?"
10So Hezekiah<2396> answered<559>, "It is easy<7043> for the shadow<6738> to decline<5186> ten<6235> steps<4609>; no<3808>, but let the shadow<6738> turn<7725> backward<322> ten<6235> steps<4609>."
11Isaiah<3470> the prophet<5030> cried<7121> to the LORD<3068>, and He brought<7725> the shadow<6738> on the stairway<4609> back<322> ten<6235> steps<4609> by which<834> it had gone<3381> down<3381> on the stairway<4609> of Ahaz<271>.
12At that time<6256> Berodach-baladan<1255> a son<1121> of Baladan<1081>, king<4428> of Babylon<894>, sent<7971> letters<5612> and a present<4503> to Hezekiah<2396>, for he heard<8085> that Hezekiah<2396> had been<2470> sick<2470>.
13Hezekiah<2396> listened<8085> to them, and showed<7200> them all<3605> his treasure<5238> house<1004>, the silver<3701> and the gold<2091> and the spices<1314> and the precious<2896> oil<8081> and the house<1004> of his armor<3627> and all<3605> that was found<4672> in his treasuries<214>. There was nothing<3808><1697> in his house<1004> nor<3808> in all<3605> his dominion<4475> that Hezekiah<2396> did not show<7200> them.
14Then Isaiah<3470> the prophet<5030> came<935> to King<4428> Hezekiah<2396> and said<559> to him, "What<4100> did these<428> men<376> say<559>, and from where<370> have they come<935> to you?" And Hezekiah<2396> said<559>, "They have come<935> from a far<7350> country<776>, from Babylon<894>."
15He said<559>, "What<4100> have they seen<7200> in your house<1004>?" So Hezekiah<2396> answered<559>, "They have seen<7200> all<3605> that is in my house<1004>; there is nothing<3808><1697> among my treasuries<214> that I have not shown<7200> them."
16Then Isaiah<3470> said<559> to Hezekiah<2396>, "Hear<8085> the word<1697> of the LORD<3068>.
17'Behold<2009>, the days<3117> are coming<935> when all<3605> that is in your house<1004>, and all that your fathers<1> have laid<686> up in store<686> to this<2088> day<3117> will be carried<5375> to Babylon<894>; nothing<3808><1697> shall be left<3498>,' says<559> the LORD<3068>.
18'Some<4480> of your sons<1121> who<834> shall issue<3318> from you, whom<834> you will beget<3205>, will be taken<3947> away; and they will become<1961> officials<5631> in the palace<1964> of the king<4428> of Babylon<894>.'"
19Then Hezekiah<2396> said<559> to Isaiah<3470>, "The word<1697> of the LORD<3068> which<834> you have spoken<1696> is good<2896>." For he thought<559>, "Is it not so, if<518> there will be peace<7965> and truth<571> in my days<3117>?"
20Now the rest<3499> of the acts<1697> of Hezekiah<2396> and all<3605> his might<1369>, and how<834> he made<6213> the pool<1295> and the conduit<8585> and brought<935> water<4325> into the city<5892>, are they not written<3789> in the Book<5612> of the Chronicles<1697><3117> of the Kings<4428> of Judah<3063>?
21So Hezekiah<2396> slept<7901> with his fathers<1>, and Manasseh<4519> his son<1121> became<4427> king<4427> in his place<8478>.