2 Kings 20:9

2 Kings 20:10 →

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, or go back ten degrees?

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Interpretation

Hezekiah was sick to death, in the same year in which the king of Assyria besieged Jerusalem. A warning to prepare for death was brought to Hezekiah by Isaiah.

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This thought runs through 2 Kings 20:8-11.

2 Kings 20:8 2 Kings 20:9 2 Kings 20:10 2 Kings 20:11

Glossary

Isaiah Person: (Heb. Yesh’yahu, i. e., “the salvation of Jehovah”). (1. ) The son of Amoz ( Isa. 1:1 ; 2:1 ), who was apparently a man of humble rank.