Hezekiah’s Illness and Recovery (2 Chronicles 32:24–31; Isaiah 38:1–8)
1 ULT In those days, Hezekiah was sick to dying. And Isaiah, the son of Amoz, the prophet, came to him and said to him,“Thus says Yahweh,‘Command regarding your house, for you are dying, and you will not live.’” BSB BSB: In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
2 ULT And he turned his face to the wall, and he prayed to Yahweh, saying, BSB BSB: Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,
3 ULT “Oh Yahweh, please remember that I have walked about to your face in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and I have done good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept a great weeping. BSB BSB: “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 ULT And it happened, Isaiah had not gone out{ of} the middle courtyard, and the word of Yahweh was to him, saying, BSB BSB: Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
5 ULT “Return, and you shall say to Hezekiah, the leader of my people,‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father,“I have heard your prayer. I have seen your weeping. Behold me, healing you. On the third day, you will go up{ to} the house of Yahweh. BSB BSB: “Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.
6 ULT And I will add 15 years to your days, and I will deliver you and this city from the palm of the king of Assyria. And I will cover over this city for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.”’” BSB BSB: I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
7 ULT And Isaiah said,“Bring a cake of figs.” And they brought{ it}, and they put{ it} on the sore, and he lived. BSB BSB: Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.
8 ULT Now Hezekiah had said to Isaiah,“What{ is} the sign that Yahweh will heal me, that I will go up on the third day to the house of Yahweh?” BSB BSB: Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”
9 ULT And Isaiah said,“This{ is} the sign for you from Yahweh that Yahweh will do the thing that he has spoken. The shadow has gone forward ten steps. If it shall go back ten steps?” BSB BSB: And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?”
10 ULT And Hezekiah said,“It is easy for the shadow to stretch out ten steps. No, but let the shadow go backward ten steps.” BSB BSB: “It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”
11 ULT And Isaiah the prophet called to Yahweh, and he made the shadow go back on the steps that it had gone down on the steps of Ahaz, backward ten steps. BSB BSB: So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.
Hezekiah Shows His Treasures (Isaiah 39:1–8)
12 ULT At that time, Berodach Baladan, the son of Baladan, the king of Babylon, sent writings and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah was sick. BSB BSB: At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.
13 ULT And Hezekiah listened to them, and he showed them the whole house of his treasure, the silver and the gold and the spices and the fine oil and the house of his armor and everything that was found in his treasuries. There was not a thing that Hezekiah did not show them in his house or in all of his realm. BSB BSB: And Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
14 ULT And Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him,“What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?” And Hezekiah said,“They came from a distant land, from Babylon.” BSB BSB: Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”
15 ULT And he said,“What did they see in your house?” And Hezekiah said,“They saw everything that{ is} in my house. There was not a thing in my treasuries that I did not show them.” BSB BSB: “What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
16 ULT And Isaiah said to Hezekiah,“Hear the word of Yahweh. BSB BSB: Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD:
17 ULT ‘Behold, days are coming when everything that{ is} in your house and that your fathers have stored up to this day will be carried away to Babylon. A thing will not be left,’ says Yahweh. BSB BSB: The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
18 ULT ‘And they will take some of your sons who will come forth from you, whom you will beget, and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’” BSB BSB: And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
19 ULT And Hezekiah said to Isaiah,“The word of Yahweh that you have spoken{ is} good.” For he said,“Is it not, if peace and stability will be in my days?” BSB BSB: But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”
Manasseh Succeeds Hezekiah 21 ULT And Hezekiah lay down with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place. BSB BSB: And Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and his son Manasseh reigned in his place.
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