Hezekiah, having received a message of death, by prayer hath his life lengthened.

1 ¶ In those² daysº was Hezekiah¹ sickºª² unto death.ºª And the prophetº Isaiahº the sonº of Amozº cameºª to² him, and saidºª unto² him, Thus² saithºª the LORD,º Set thine house¹ in order;ºª² for² thou² shalt die,ºª and not² live.ºª 2 Then he turnedºª² his faceº to² the wall,º and prayedºª unto² the LORD,º saying,ºª 3 I beseech¹ thee,² O LORD,º rememberºª now²² how² I have walkedºª beforeº thee in truthº and with a perfectº heart,º and have doneºª [that which is] goodº in thy sight.º And Hezekiahº weptºª¹ sore.º² 4 And it came to pass,² afore² Isaiahº was gone outºª into the middleº court,ºª¹ that the wordº of the LORDº came² to² him, saying,ºª 5 Turn again,ºª and tellºª² Hezekiahº the captainº of my people,º Thus² saithºª the LORD,º the Godº of Davidº thy father,º I have heardºª² thy prayer,º I have seenºª² thy tears:º behold,² I will healºª thee: on the thirdº dayº thou shalt go upºª unto the houseº of the LORD.º 6 And I will addºª unto² thy daysº fifteenºº years;º and I will deliverºª thee and this² cityº out of the handº² of the kingº of Assyria;º and I will defendºª² this² cityº for mine own sake,² and for my servantº David'sº sake.² 7 And Isaiahº said,ºª Takeºª a lumpº of figs.º And they tookºª and laidºª [it] on² the boil,º and he recovered.ºª

The sun goeth ten degrees backward for a sign of that promise.

8 ¶ And Hezekiahº saidºª unto² Isaiah,º What² [shall be] the signº that² the LORDº will healºª me, and that I shall go upºª into the houseº of the LORDº the thirdº day?º 9 And Isaiahº said,ºª This² signº shalt thou have of²² the LORD,º that² the LORDº will doºª² the thingº that² he hath spoken:ºª shall the shadowº go forwardºª tenº degrees,º or² go backºª tenº degrees?º 10 And Hezekiahº answered,ºª It is a light thingºª for the shadowº to go downºª tenº degrees:º nay,² but² let the shadowº returnºª backwardº tenº degrees.º 11 And Isaiahº the prophetº criedºª unto² the LORD:º and he broughtºª² the shadowº tenº degreesº backward,º by¹ which² it had gone downºª in the dialº of Ahaz.º

Berodach-baladan, sending to visit Hezekiah because of the wonder, hath notice of his treasures.

12 ¶ At that² timeº Berodachbaladan,º the sonº of Baladan,º kingº of Babylon,º sentºª lettersº and a presentº unto² Hezekiah:º for² he had heardºª that² Hezekiahº had been sick.ºª 13 And Hezekiahº hearkenedºª unto² them, and shewedºª them² all² the houseº of his precious things,º² the silver,º and the gold,º and the spices,º and the preciousº ointment,º and [all] the houseº of his armour,º and all² that² was foundºª in his treasures:º there was² nothingº² in his house,º nor in all² his dominion,º that² Hezekiahº shewedºª them not.²

Isaiah understanding thereof foretelleth the Babylonian captivity.

14 ¶ Then cameºª Isaiahº the prophetº unto² kingº Hezekiah,º and saidºª unto² him, What² saidºª these² men?¹² and from whenceº² cameºª they unto² thee? And Hezekiahº said,ºª They are comeºª from a far¹ country,º²² [even] from Babylon.º² 15 And he said,ºª What² have they seenºª in thine house?º And Hezekiahº answered,ºª² All² [the things] that² [are] in mine houseº have they seen:ºª there is² nothingº² among my treasuresº that² I have not² shewedºª them. 16 And Isaiahº saidºª unto² Hezekiah,º Hearºª the wordº of the LORD.º 17 Behold,² the daysº come,ºª that all² that² [is] in thine house,º and that which² thy fathersº have laid up in storeºª unto² this² day,º shall be carriedºª into Babylon:º nothingº² shall be left,ºª saithºª the LORD.º 18 And of thy sonsº² that² shall issueºª from² thee, which² thou shalt beget,ºª shall they take away;ºª and they shall be² eunuchsº in the palaceº of the kingº of Babylon.º 19 Then saidºª Hezekiahº unto² Isaiah,º Goodº [is] the wordº of the LORDº which² thou hast spoken.ºª And he said,ºª [Is it] not² [good], if² peaceº and truthº be² in my days?º

Manasseh succeedeth Hezekiah.

20 ¶ And the restº of the actsº of Hezekiah,º and all² his might,º and how² he madeºª² a pool,º and a conduit,º and broughtºª² waterº into the city,º [are] they² not² writtenºª in² the bookº of the chroniclesºº of the kingsº of Judah?º 21 And Hezekiahº sleptºª with² his fathers:º and Manassehº his sonº reignedºª in his stead.²