2 Kings 20:8-21

2 Kings 20:8-21

[8] And Hezekiah  said  unto Isaiah,  What shall be the sign  that the LORD  will heal  me, and that I shall go up  into the house  of the LORD  the third  day?  [9] And Isaiah  said,  This sign  shalt thou have of the LORD,  will do  the thing  that he hath spoken:  shall the shadow  go forward  ten  degrees,  or go back  ten  degrees?  [10] answered,  It is a light thing  for the shadow  to go down  ten  degrees:  nay, but let the shadow  return  backward  ten  degrees.  [11] And Isaiah  the prophet  cried  unto the LORD:  and he brought  the shadow  ten  degrees  backward,  by  which it had gone down  in the dial  of Ahaz.  [12] At that time  Berodachbaladan,  the son  of Baladan,  king  of Babylon,  sent  letters  and a present  unto Hezekiah:  for he had heard  that Hezekiah  had been sick.  [13] And Hezekiah  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,  that Hezekiah  shewed  [14] Then came  Isaiah  the prophet  unto king  Hezekiah,  and said  and from whence  came  they unto thee? And Hezekiah  said,  They are come  from a far  country,  even from Babylon.  [15] And he said,  What have they seen  in thine house?  And Hezekiah  answered,  All the things that are in mine house  have they seen:  there is nothing  among my treasures  that I have not shewed  [16] And Isaiah  said  unto Hezekiah,  Hear  the word  of the LORD.  [17] 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 Babylon:  nothing  shall be left,  saith  the LORD.  [18] 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 Babylon.  [19] Then said  Hezekiah  unto Isaiah,  Good  is the word  of the LORD  which thou hast spoken.  And he said,  Is it not good, if peace  and truth  be in my days?  [20] And the rest  of the acts  of Hezekiah,  and all his might,  and how he made  a pool,  and a conduit,  and brought  water  into the city,  are they not written  in the book  of the chronicles  of the kings  of Judah?  [21] And Hezekiah  slept  with his fathers:  and Manasseh  his son  reigned  in his stead.