2 Kings 20:1–11

In ^athose days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. ²Then he turned his face ^bto the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying, ³I beseech thee, O Lord, ^cremember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with ^da perfect heart, and ^ehave done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah ^fwept sore. ⁴And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying, ⁵Turn again, and tell Hezekiah ^gthe captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, ^hI have heard thy prayer, I have seen ⁱthy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord. ⁶And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and ^kI will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake. ⁷And ^lIsaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on ^mthe boil, and he recovered. ⁸And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, ⁿWhat 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? ⁹And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken: ^oshall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? ¹⁰And Hezekiah answered, ^pIt is a light thing for ^qthe shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. ¹¹And 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.