The Lord God Extends Hezekiah's Life 15 Years |
2 Kings 20:1-21 2 Kings [in Smaller Chunks] |
In those days, [king] Hezekiah was [deathly ill]. The prophet, Isaiah, [Amoz'] son, came to him & said, The Lord [says this, Put] your house in order. For you [won't] live & shall die. |
Then, [Hezekiah faced,] the wall & prayed to the Lord, saying, I [beg] You, Lord, remember now how I have walked with You in truth with a perfect heart & have done [what] is good in Your sight. [Hezekiah] wept [bitterly]. |
It [happened, that before] Isaiah had gone into the middle court, the Word of the Lord came to him, saying, Turn [back] again & tell Hezekiah, My [people's ruler,] The Lord, the God of David [& your forefathers says this,] I have heard your prayers & have seen your tears. |
[Watch,] I will heal you on the 3rd day & you shall go up into the [Lord's] house. I will add 15 years onto your [life.] I will deliver you & this city for My own sake & for David, My [servant's] sake. |
Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs & they took [it] & laid it on the boil & [Hezekiah] recovered. Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What [is] the sign that the Lord will heal me [when] I go into the Lord's house on the 3rd day? |
Isaiah said, [This is] the [Lord's] sign, that He will give you, that the Lord [God] will do [what He] has spoken. Shall the shadow go forward 10 degrees or back 10 degrees? |
Hezekiah answered, [It's an easy] thing for the shadow to go [forward] 10 degrees. [But] let the shadow [go back] 10 degrees. Then, Isaiah the prophet cried [out,] to the Lord & He made the shadow [go back] 10 degrees. |
At that time, Berodach Baladan, [Baladan's] son, [Babylon's] king, sent letters & a present to Hezekiah. He had heard Hezekiah had been sick. Hezekiah [listened] to them & [showed] them all his [palace with] his precious [treasures.] |
[Hezekiah's:] silver, gold, spices & precious ointment & all [of] the house [with] his armor & all his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his [kingdom] that Hezekiah [hadn't shown] them. |
Then, Isaiah, the prophet, came to king Hezekiah & said to him, What [did] these men say to you? Hezekiah said, They [came] from a [distant] country, from Babylon. [Isaiah asked,] what have they seen in your house? |
Hezekiah answered, They have seen all the things in [my palace]. There [aren't any of] my treasures that I [haven't shown] them. Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the Word of the Lord, [Watch,] the days come [when] all that is in your house & all your [forefathers stored] up [until] this day, shall be carried into Babylon. |
Nothing shall be left, [said] the Lord. They shall take away your sons [that you father] & they shall be eunuchs in the king of Babylon's palace. Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, The Word of the Lord, which you have spoken is good. |
[Hezekiah] said, [Wouldn't it be good] if peace & truth [existed during my life]? [Aren't] the rest of Hezekiah's [actions] & all of his might & how he made the pool & [an aqueduct] & brought water into the city, written in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? |
Hezekiah [died] & slept with his [forefathers]. Manasseh, his son, [ruled] in his [place]. |