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In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death .
And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him ,
and said unto him ,
Thus saith the LORD ,
Set thine house in order ;
for thou shalt die ,
and not live .
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Then he turned his face to the wall ,
and prayed unto the LORD ,
saying ,
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I beseech thee ,
O LORD ,
remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart ,
and have done that which is good in thy sight .
And Hezekiah wept sore .
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And it came to pass ,
afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court ,
that the word of the LORD came to him ,
saying ,
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Turn again ,
and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people ,
Thus saith the LORD ,
the God of David thy father ,
I have heard thy prayer ,
I have seen thy tears dim #
ah #:
behold ,
I will heal thee :
on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD .
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And I will add unto thy days fifteen chamesh #
years ;
and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria ;
and I will defend this city for mine own sake ,
and for my servant Davids sake .
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And Isaiah said ,
Take a lump of figs t @#
en #.
And they took and laid it on the boil ,
and he recovered .
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And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah Y @
sha #
yah #,
What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me ,
and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day ?
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And Isaiah said ,
This sign shalt thou have of the LORD ,
that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken :
shall the shadow go forward ten degrees ma #
alah #,
or go back ten degrees ma #
alah #?
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And Hezekiah answered ,
It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees ma #
alah #:
nay ,
but let the shadow return backward ten degrees ma #
alah #.
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And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD :
and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward ,
by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz .
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At that time Berodachbaladan B @
ro #
dak Bal #
adan #,
the son of Baladan Bal #
adan #,
king of Babylon ,
sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah :
for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick .
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And Hezekiah hearkened unto them ,
and shewed them all the house of his precious things ,
the silver ,
and the gold ,
and the spices ,
and the precious ointment ,
and all the house of his armour ,
and all that was found in his treasures :
there was nothing in his house ,
nor in all his dominion ,
that Hezekiah shewed them not .
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Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah ,
and said unto him ,
What said these men ?
and from whence came they unto thee ?
And Hezekiah said ,
They are come from a far country ,
even from Babylon .
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And he said ,
What have they seen in thine house ?
And Hezekiah answered ,
All the things that are in mine house have they seen :
there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them .
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And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah ,
Hear the word of the LORD .
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Behold ,
the days come ,
that all that is in thine house ,
and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day ,
shall be carried into Babylon :
nothing shall be left ,
saith the LORD .
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And of thy sons that shall issue from thee ,
which thou shalt beget ,
shall they take away ;
and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon .
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Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah Y @
sha #
yah #,
Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken .
And he said ,
Is it not good ,
if peace and truth be in my days ?
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And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah ,
and all his might ,
and how he made a pool ,
and a conduit t @#
alah #,
and brought water into the city ,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles dabar #
of the kings of Judah ?
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And Hezekiah slept with his fathers :
and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead .