4 Kings 20

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1 In those days Hezekiah was sickly dead, and Isaiah the son of Amoz, a prophet, came to him, and said to him: Thus says the Lord: make a will for your house, for you will die and not recover.
2 And Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying,
3 `Oh, Lord! Remember that I walked before your face faithfully and with a devoted heart, and did what is right in your eyes. " And Hezekiah wept violently.
4 Isaiah still did not come out of the city, as the word of the Lord came to him:
5 Go back and say to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people: Thus says the Lord God of David your father: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you; On the third day you will go to the house of the Lord;
6th And I will add to your days fifteen years, and from the hand of the king of Assyria I will save you and this city, and I will defend this city for my own sake and for David's sake, my servant.
7th And Isaiah said, Take a plum of figs. And they took it, and put it to the boil; And he recovered.
8 And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What is the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I will go on the third day to the house of the Lord?
9 And Isaiah said, "This is a sign from the Lord that the Lord will fulfill the word that He spoke: Shall we go forward ten shadows, or go back ten steps?"
10 And Hezekiah said: It is easy for the shadow to move forward ten steps; No, let the shadow return ten steps.
eleven And Isaiah called the prophet to the Lord, and brought the shadow back on the steps, where she descended the steps of Ahazov, ten steps.

12 At that time Berodach Baladan, the son of Baladan, the king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift from Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah was sick.
13 Hezekiah, after hearing the messengers, showed them their pantries, silver and gold, and fragrances, and suits dear, and all the weapons house and everything that was in his treasures; There was not a single thing that Hezekiah would not show them in his house and in all his possessions.
14 And Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him: What did these people say, and from where did they come to you? And Hezekiah said, Out of the land of the distant, they came, from Babylon.
15 And he said [Isaiah]: What did they see in your house? And Hezekiah said, All that was in my house, they saw, there was not one thing left that I would not show them in my treasures.
16 And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord:
17th Behold, the days will come, and all that is in your house will be taken, and what your fathers have collected up to this day, to Babylon; Nothing remains, says the Lord.
18 Of your sons, which will come from you, which you will bear, they will take, and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
19 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord, which thou hast spoken. And he continued: "Let there be peace and prosperity in my days!"
20 The rest of Hezekiah and all his exploits, and the fact that he made a pond and running water and carried water to the city, is written in the annals of the kings of Judah.
21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

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