2 Kings 20:11

20:11 Isaiah the prophet called out to the Lord, and the Lord14 made the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz.15

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14	tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
15	tn Heb “on the steps which [the sun] had gone down, on the steps of Ahaz, back ten steps.” sn These steps probably functioned as a type of sundial. See HALOT 614 s.v. מַעֲלָה and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 256.