Hezekiah on his deathbed
2 Chronicles 32:24-26; Isaiah 38:1-8, 21,22 1Hezekiah got terribly sick at the time. He was about to die. Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and delivered the bad news. “This message is from the LORD. You’re going to die. Get your personal and business affairs in order. You’re not going to get well.” 2Hezekiah turned away from Isaiah and faced the wall. He started praying to the LORD. 3“Please LORD, I have lived my life devoted to you with all my heart. I’ve behaved myself and done what you wanted.” Hezekiah sobbed in grief. On second thought: 15 more years
4Isaiah hadn’t gotten any further than the middle of the palace courtyard before the LORD spoke to him. 5“Turn around,” the LORD said. “Go back to Hezekiah. Tell him the LORD, the God of your ancestor David has another message for him: I see you. I see the tears. I heard your words. I’m going to heal you. In three days you’ll be able to get up out of your bed and go to the Temple. 6And I’m adding 15 years to your life. I’m going to rescue the city, in honor of David. I’m not going to let the Assyrians have it.” 7Isaiah said, “Someone go and get a handful of figs. Then crush them into a paste and apply it to the king’s boil. [1] He’ll get well then.” God turns back the clock
8Hezekiah said, “Will the LORD give me a sign—evidence that he’ll heal me in three days and I’ll be able to go to the Temple?” 9Isaiah told the king, “Yes, he will. He’s going to make the shadow on the Ahaz Staircase Sundial [2] go 10 steps forward or backward. Your choice.” 10Hezekiah said, “Well, it’s normal for the shadow to move forward on the staircase. Let it move backward 10 steps.” 11Isaiah talked to God in a prayer, and the LORD made the shadow on the Ahaz Staircase retreat 10 steps. Hezekiah gives Babylonians the royal tour
Isaiah 39:1-8 12Babylon’s King Merodach-baladan, [3] son of Baladan, heard Hezekiah was sick. So, he sent ambassadors to deliver letters and a gift.
13Hezekiah welcomed the officials. He gave them a royal tour of the treasury: silver, gold, spices, and rare perfumes. Then he showed off his armory—the whole shebang. If there was anything to see in Hezekiah’s palace or in the royal storage buildings, they saw it.
14The prophet Isaiah went to Hezekiah and asked, “Where did these men come from and what did they say to you?” Hezekiah said, “They came a long way, from Babylon.”
15Isaiah said, “What did they see in your palace?” Hezekiah answered, “Everything. I gave them the full tour. I showed them everything in my home and in my warehouses.”
16Isaiah said, “Well then, here’s what the LORD of people everywhere has to say about that: 17There’s a day coming when Babylonians will take everything in your house and everything your ancestors have collected and treasured throughout the years. They won’t leave anything valuable. 18They will even take some of your own sons and turn them into eunuchs [4] who will serve in Babylon’s palace.”
19Hezekiah replied, “Those are good words from the LORD.” But he was thinking, “At least we can count on peace and safety while I’m king.” Hezekiah dead and buried
2 Chronicles 32:32-33 20Hezekiah built the upper pool in Jerusalem and the tunnel to a spring [5] that fed the pool. The rest of his story and all he accomplished are recorded in the History of Judah’s Kings. 21The people buried Hezekiah among his ancestors. His son Manasseh became the next king.
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1Hezekiah got terribly sick at the time. He was about to die. Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and delivered the bad news. “This message is from the LORD. You’re going to die. Get your personal and business affairs in order. You’re not going to get well.” 2Hezekiah turned away from Isaiah and faced the wall. He started praying to the LORD. 3“Please LORD, I have lived my life devoted to you with all my heart. I’ve behaved myself and done what you wanted.” Hezekiah sobbed in grief. Hezekiah gives Babylonians the royal tour
On second thought: 15 more years
4Isaiah hadn’t gotten any further than the middle of the palace courtyard before the LORD spoke to him. 5“Turn around,” the LORD said. “Go back to Hezekiah. Tell him the LORD, the God of your ancestor David has another message for him: I see you. I see the tears. I heard your words. I’m going to heal you. In three days you’ll be able to get up out of your bed and go to the Temple. 6And I’m adding 15 years to your life. I’m going to rescue the city, in honor of David. I’m not going to let the Assyrians have it.” 7Isaiah said, “Someone go and get a handful of figs. Then crush them into a paste and apply it to the king’s boil. [1] He’ll get well then.”God turns back the clock
8Hezekiah said, “Will the LORD give me a sign—evidence that he’ll heal me in three days and I’ll be able to go to the Temple?” 9Isaiah told the king, “Yes, he will. He’s going to make the shadow on the Ahaz Staircase Sundial [2] go 10 steps forward or backward. Your choice.” 10Hezekiah said, “Well, it’s normal for the shadow to move forward on the staircase. Let it move backward 10 steps.” 11Isaiah talked to God in a prayer, and the LORD made the shadow on the Ahaz Staircase retreat 10 steps.Hezekiah gives Babylonians the royal tour
Isaiah 39:1-8 12Babylon’s King Merodach-baladan, [3] son of Baladan, heard Hezekiah was sick. So, he sent ambassadors to deliver letters and a gift.
13Hezekiah welcomed the officials. He gave them a royal tour of the treasury: silver, gold, spices, and rare perfumes. Then he showed off his armory—the whole shebang. If there was anything to see in Hezekiah’s palace or in the royal storage buildings, they saw it.
14The prophet Isaiah went to Hezekiah and asked, “Where did these men come from and what did they say to you?” Hezekiah said, “They came a long way, from Babylon.”
15Isaiah said, “What did they see in your palace?” Hezekiah answered, “Everything. I gave them the full tour. I showed them everything in my home and in my warehouses.”
16Isaiah said, “Well then, here’s what the LORD of people everywhere has to say about that: 17There’s a day coming when Babylonians will take everything in your house and everything your ancestors have collected and treasured throughout the years. They won’t leave anything valuable. 18They will even take some of your own sons and turn them into eunuchs [4] who will serve in Babylon’s palace.”
19Hezekiah replied, “Those are good words from the LORD.” But he was thinking, “At least we can count on peace and safety while I’m king.” Hezekiah dead and buried
2 Chronicles 32:32-33 20Hezekiah built the upper pool in Jerusalem and the tunnel to a spring [5] that fed the pool. The rest of his story and all he accomplished are recorded in the History of Judah’s Kings. 21The people buried Hezekiah among his ancestors. His son Manasseh became the next king.
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12Babylon’s King Merodach-baladan, [3] son of Baladan, heard Hezekiah was sick. So, he sent ambassadors to deliver letters and a gift.
13Hezekiah welcomed the officials. He gave them a royal tour of the treasury: silver, gold, spices, and rare perfumes. Then he showed off his armory—the whole shebang. If there was anything to see in Hezekiah’s palace or in the royal storage buildings, they saw it.
14The prophet Isaiah went to Hezekiah and asked, “Where did these men come from and what did they say to you?” Hezekiah said, “They came a long way, from Babylon.”
15Isaiah said, “What did they see in your palace?” Hezekiah answered, “Everything. I gave them the full tour. I showed them everything in my home and in my warehouses.”
16Isaiah said, “Well then, here’s what the LORD of people everywhere has to say about that: 17There’s a day coming when Babylonians will take everything in your house and everything your ancestors have collected and treasured throughout the years. They won’t leave anything valuable. 18They will even take some of your own sons and turn them into eunuchs [4] who will serve in Babylon’s palace.”
19Hezekiah replied, “Those are good words from the LORD.” But he was thinking, “At least we can count on peace and safety while I’m king.”Hezekiah dead and buried
13Hezekiah welcomed the officials. He gave them a royal tour of the treasury: silver, gold, spices, and rare perfumes. Then he showed off his armory—the whole shebang. If there was anything to see in Hezekiah’s palace or in the royal storage buildings, they saw it.
14The prophet Isaiah went to Hezekiah and asked, “Where did these men come from and what did they say to you?” Hezekiah said, “They came a long way, from Babylon.”
15Isaiah said, “What did they see in your palace?” Hezekiah answered, “Everything. I gave them the full tour. I showed them everything in my home and in my warehouses.”
16Isaiah said, “Well then, here’s what the LORD of people everywhere has to say about that: 17There’s a day coming when Babylonians will take everything in your house and everything your ancestors have collected and treasured throughout the years. They won’t leave anything valuable. 18They will even take some of your own sons and turn them into eunuchs [4] who will serve in Babylon’s palace.”
19Hezekiah replied, “Those are good words from the LORD.” But he was thinking, “At least we can count on peace and safety while I’m king.”
Hezekiah dead and buried
2 Chronicles 32:32-33 20Hezekiah built the upper pool in Jerusalem and the tunnel to a spring [5] that fed the pool. The rest of his story and all he accomplished are recorded in the History of Judah’s Kings. 21The people buried Hezekiah among his ancestors. His son Manasseh became the next king.
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20Hezekiah built the upper pool in Jerusalem and the tunnel to a spring [5] that fed the pool. The rest of his story and all he accomplished are recorded in the History of Judah’s Kings. 21The people buried Hezekiah among his ancestors. His son Manasseh became the next king.
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