2 Kings
2 Kings 20
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2 Kings 20 — Scripture text (King James Version)
In those days was sick unto death. And the prophet the son of came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And wept sore. And it came to pass, afore was gone out into the middle court, that of the LORD came to him, saying, Turn again, and tell the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of ; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant ’s sake. And said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it the boil, and he recovered. And said unto , What shall be the that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day? And said, This 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? And answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. And the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of . At that time -baladan, the son of , king of , sent letters and a present unto : for he had heard that had been sick. And hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that shewed them not. Then came the prophet unto king , and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And said, They are come from a far country, even from . And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. And said unto , Hear of the LORD. Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into : nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of . Then said unto , Good is of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days? And the rest of the acts of , and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not of the chronicles of the kings of ? And slept with his fathers: and his son reigned in his stead.