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Hezekiah asks for a sign, and the shadow is brought ten steps backward on the sundial of Ahaz

히스기야가 징조를 묻고 아하스의 일영표 위의 해 그림자가 십도를 물러감

2 Kings 20:8–11: Hezekiah says to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I will go up to the LORD’s house the third day?” Isaiah says, “This will be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he has spoken: should the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?” Hezekiah answers, “It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. No, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.” The text says, “Isaiah the prophet cried to the LORD; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz.” The Korean Revised Version reads 십도 (ten degrees) for “ten steps”, gives 20:11 no subject (물러가게 하셨더라, caused it to go back), and reads 나아갔던 (had gone forward) where WEB reads “had gone down”.

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2KI 20:8–11, engwebp
⁸Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I will go up to the LORD’s house the third day?”
⁹Isaiah said, “This will be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he has spoken: should the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?”
¹⁰Hezekiah answered, “It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. No, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.”
¹¹Isaiah the prophet cried to the LORD; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz.
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Evidence: 2 Kings 20:8–11
Isaiah — Took part in — Hezekiah asks for a sign, and the shadow is brought ten steps backward on the sundial of Ahaz

Evidence: 2 Kings 20:8–11

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Entry: Hezekiah asks for a sign, and the shadow is brought ten steps backward on the sundial of Ahaz (event-2ki-20-the-shadow-on-the-sundial-of-ahaz)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/2ki-20-the-shadow-on-the-sundial-of-ahaz
Current wording: 2 Kings 20:8–11: Hezekiah says to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I will go up to the LORD’s house the third day?” Isaiah says, “This will be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he has spoken: should the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?” Hezekiah answers, “It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. No, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.” The text says, “Isaiah the prophet cried to the LORD; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz.” The Korean Revised Version reads 십도 (ten degrees) for “ten steps”, gives 20:11 no subject (물러가게 하셨더라, caused it to go back), and reads 나아갔던 (had gone forward) where WEB reads “had gone down”.
Cited evidence: 2KI 20:8–11, engwebp
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