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In those days[H3117] was Hezekiah[H2396]sick[H2470] unto death[H4191]. And the prophet[H5030]Isaiah[H3470] the son[H1121] of Amoz[H531]came[H935] to him, and said[H559] unto him, Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Set thine house[H1004] in order[H6680]; for thou shalt die[H4191], and not live[H2421].
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Then he turned[H5437] his face[H6440] to the wall[H7023], and prayed[H6419] unto the LORD[H3068], saying[H559],
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I beseech[H577] thee, O LORD[H3068], remember[H2142] now how I have walked[H1980]before[H6440] thee in truth[H571] and with a perfect[H8003]heart[H3824], and have done[H6213] that which is good[H2896] in thy sight[H5869]. And Hezekiah[H2396]wept[H1058]sore[H1419].
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And it came to pass, afore Isaiah[H3470] was gone out[H3318] into the middle[H8484]court[H2691], that the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came to him, saying[H559],
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Turn again[H7725], and tell[H559]Hezekiah[H2396] the captain[H5057] of my people[H5971], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], the God[H430] of David[H1732] thy father[H1], I have heard[H8085] thy prayer[H8605], I have seen[H7200] thy tears[H1832]: behold, I will heal[H7495] thee: on the third[H7992]day[H3117] thou shalt go up[H5927] unto the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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And I will add[H3254] unto thy days[H3117]fifteen[H2568]years[H8141]; and I will deliver[H5337] thee and this city[H5892] out of the hand[H3709] of the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804]; and I will defend[H1598] this city[H5892] for mine own sake, and for my servant[H5650] David's sake.
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And Isaiah[H3470]said[H559], Take[H3947] a lump[H1690] of figs[H8384]. And they took[H3947] and laid[H7760] it on the boil[H7822], and he recovered[H2421].
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And Hezekiah[H2396]said[H559] unto Isaiah[H3470], What shall be the sign[H226] that the LORD[H3068] will heal[H7495] me, and that I shall go up[H5927] into the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068] the third[H7992]day?[H3117]
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And Isaiah[H3470]said[H559], This sign[H226] shalt thou have of the LORD[H3068], that the LORD[H3068] will do[H6213] the thing[H1697] that he hath spoken[H1696]: shall the shadow[H6738] go forward[H1980]ten[H6235]degrees[H4609], or go back[H7725]ten[H6235]degrees?[H4609]
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And Hezekiah[H3169]answered[H559], It is a light thing[H7043] for the shadow[H6738] to go down[H5186]ten[H6235]degrees[H4609]: nay, but let the shadow[H6738]return[H7725]backward[H322]ten[H6235]degrees[H4609].
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And Isaiah[H3470] the prophet[H5030]cried[H7121] unto the LORD[H3068]: and he brought[H7725] the shadow[H6738]ten[H6235]degrees[H4609]backward[H322], by[H4609] which it had gone down[H3381] in the dial[H4609] of Ahaz[H271].
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At that time[H6256]Berodachbaladan[H1255], the son[H1121] of Baladan[H1081], king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], sent[H7971]letters[H5612] and a present[H4503] unto Hezekiah[H2396]: for he had heard[H8085] that Hezekiah[H2396] had been sick[H2470].
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And Hezekiah[H2396]hearkened[H8085] unto them, and shewed[H7200] them all the house[H1004] of his precious[H2896]things[H5238], the silver[H3701], and the gold[H2091], and the spices[H1314], and the precious[H2896]ointment[H8081], and all the house[H1004] of his armour[H3627], and all that was found[H4672] in his treasures[H214]: there was nothing[H1697] in his house[H1004], nor in all his dominion[H4475], that Hezekiah[H2396]shewed[H7200] them not.
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Then came[H935]Isaiah[H3470] the prophet[H5030] unto king[H4428]Hezekiah[H2396], and said[H559] unto him, What said[H559] these men?[H582] and from whence[H370]came[H935] they unto thee? And Hezekiah[H2396]said[H559], They are come[H935] from a far[H7350]country[H776], even from Babylon[H894].
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And he said[H559], What have they seen[H7200] in thine house?[H1004] And Hezekiah[H2396]answered[H559], All the things that are in mine house[H1004] have they seen[H7200]: there is nothing[H1697] among my treasures[H214] that I have not shewed[H7200] them.
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And Isaiah[H3470]said[H559] unto Hezekiah[H2396], Hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068].
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Behold, the days[H3117]come[H935], that all that is in thine house[H1004], and that which thy fathers[H1] have laid up in store[H686] unto this day[H3117], shall be carried[H5375] into Babylon[H894]: nothing[H1697] shall be left[H3498], saith[H559] the LORD[H3068].
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And of thy sons[H1121] that shall issue[H3318] from thee, which thou shalt beget[H3205], shall they take away[H3947]; and they shall be eunuchs[H5631] in the palace[H1964] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894].
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Then said[H559]Hezekiah[H2396] unto Isaiah[H3470], Good[H2896] is the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] which thou hast spoken[H1696]. And he said[H559], Is it not good[H2896], if peace[H7965] and truth[H571] be in my days?[H3117]
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And the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Hezekiah[H2396], and all his might[H1369], and how he made[H6213] a pool[H1295], and a conduit[H8585], and brought[H935]water[H4325] into the city[H5892], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Judah?[H3063]
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And Hezekiah[H2396]slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1]: and Manasseh[H4519] his son[H1121]reigned[H4427] in his stead.