2 Kings 20:8-11

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8} Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What is the sign^(A) that the Lord will heal me and that I will go up to the Lord’s temple on the third day?”

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9} Isaiah said, “This is the sign^(B) to you from the Lord that He will do what He has promised: Should the shadow go ahead 10 steps or go back 10 steps?”

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10} Then Hezekiah answered, “It’s easy for the shadow to lengthen 10 steps. No, let the shadow go back 10 steps.” ^{Tools
11} So Isaiah the prophet called out to the Lord, and He brought the shadow^(a) back the 10 steps it had descended on Ahaz’s stairway.^(b)^(C)

Footnotes:

a. 2 Kings 20:11: Lit shadow on the steps

b. 2 Kings 20:11: Tg, Vg; DSS read on the steps of Ahaz’s roof chamber; Is 38:8

Cross references:

A. 2 Kings 20:8: Judges 6:17; Judges 6:37; Judges 6:39

B. 2 Kings 20:9: Isaiah 38:7

C. 2 Kings 20:11: Joshua 10:12-14; Isaiah 38:8