Hezekiah
히스기야
Named at 2 Kings 18:1 as the son of Ahaz king of Judah. 18:1–3 says, “Now in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that David his father had done.” Chapters 18–19 tell that he removed the high places and broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, and trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel, “so that after him was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among them that were before him”; that he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and when Sennacherib king of Assyria took all the fortified cities of Judah in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish and gave him the silver of the LORD’s house and of the treasures of the king’s house and the gold of the doors of the LORD’s temple and of the pillars. They tell too that when Eliakim came with Shebna and Joah and told him Rabshakeh’s words, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, went into the LORD’s house, and sent to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz; that he spread before the LORD the letter he received from the hand of the messengers, and prayed; and that Isaiah the son of Amoz sent him the LORD’s word. 2 Kings 20:1–3 says that when Hezekiah was sick and dying, Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Set your house in order; for you will die, and not live’”, and that Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the LORD, saying, “Remember now, LORD, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight”, and wept bitterly; 20:4–7 that the LORD’s word came to Isaiah with words for Hezekiah, among them, “I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake”, and that they laid a cake of figs on the boil, and he recovered; 20:8–11 that Hezekiah asked, “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?”, and that “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: 십도, ten degrees); 20:12–19 that when Berodach Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a present, Hezekiah showed the men who came from Babylon all the storehouse of his precious things, and that when Isaiah gave him the LORD’s word that all that is in the king’s house will be carried to Babylon, Hezekiah said, “The LORD’s word which you have spoken is good”; and 20:20–21, “Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.” 2 Chronicles 29:1–30:27 says Hezekiah has the LORD’s house cleansed and offerings made, writes to Israel and Judah for a Passover in the second month, and prays for those who had not cleansed themselves. 2 Chronicles 31:2–32:33 says Hezekiah orders the divisions and distribution of offerings, fortifies Jerusalem against Sennacherib and prays with Isaiah, humbles himself after illness and pride, directs Gihon’s water west of David’s city, and dies before Manasseh succeeds him. Isaiah 38:9–20 gives “The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and had recovered of his sickness”, which begins, “I said, ‘In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years.’” and ends, “The LORD will save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the LORD’s house.” Matthew 1:9–10 records in the genealogy of Matthew 1:1–17, “Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah. Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh.”
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- 2 Kings16:19–20, 18:1–3, 18:4–8, 18:9–12, 18:13–16, 18:17–18, 18:19–22, 18:28–35, 18:36–37, 19:1–5, 19:8–13, 19:14–19, 19:20–24, 20:1–3, 20:4–7, 20:8–11, 20:12–15, 20:16–19, 20:20–21, 21:1–9
- 1 Chronicles3:10–16, 4:39–41
- 2 Chronicles28:26–27, 29:1–2, 29:3–11, 29:15–19, 29:20–24, 29:25–30, 29:31–36, 30:1–5, 30:6–9, 30:10–12, 30:18–20, 30:21–22, 30:23–27, 31:2–4, 31:5–8, 31:9–10, 31:11–13, 31:20–21, 32:2–8, 32:9–15, 32:20–22, 32:23, 32:24–26, 32:27–30, 32:31, 32:32–33, 33:1–9
- Proverbs25:1
- Isaiah1:1–9, 36:1–3, 36:4–10, 36:13–20, 36:21–22, 37:1–7, 37:8–13, 37:14–20, 37:21–35, 38:1–8, 38:9–20, 38:21–22, 39:1–2, 39:3–8
- Jeremiah15:1–4, 26:17–19
- Hosea1:1–2
- Micah1:1–7
- Matthew1:1–17
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Unresolved interpretation: The names Abi and Abijah for Hezekiah’s mother
- 2 Kings 18:1–3 names Hezekiah as Ahaz’s son and his mother as Abi daughter of Zechariah.
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- 2KI 18:1–3, engwebp
1Now in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
2He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.
3He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that David his father had done.
- 2KI 18:1–3, engwebp
- 2 Chronicles 29:1–2 names Hezekiah’s mother as Abijah daughter of Zechariah.
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- 2CH 29:1–2, engwebp
1Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
2He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that David his father had done.
- 2CH 29:1–2, engwebp
Both accounts say Hezekiah became king at twenty-five and reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem, but they spell his mother’s name Abi and Abijah, and the Korean text spells her father’s name 스가리야 and 스가랴. Their identities remain unresolved in separate entries, and no second mother edge to Hezekiah is added.
Unresolved interpretation: The sign in 2 Chronicles 32:24 and the sign in 2 Kings 20
- 2 Chronicles 32:24 says the LORD answered Hezekiah’s prayer during his terminal illness and gave him a sign, without describing it.
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- 2CH 32:24–26, engwebp
24In those days Hezekiah was terminally ill, and he prayed to the LORD; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign.
25But Hezekiah didn’t reciprocate appropriate to the benefit done for him, because his heart was lifted up. Therefore there was wrath on him, Judah, and Jerusalem.
26However, Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the LORD’s wrath didn’t come on them in the days of Hezekiah.
- 2CH 32:24–26, engwebp
- 2 Kings 20:8–11 recount Hezekiah asking for a sign of recovery and the shadow retreating ten steps on Ahaz’s sundial.
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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.
- 2KI 20:8–11, engwebp
- Isaiah 38:1–8 gives, among the words that the LORD’s word to Isaiah tells him to say to Hezekiah, “This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has spoken. Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps,” and says, “So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone down.” Isaiah 38:21–22 says, “Hezekiah also had said, ‘What is the sign that I will go up to the LORD’s house?’”
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- ISA 38:1–8, engwebp
1In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Set your house in order, for you will die, and not live.’”
2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
3and said, “Remember now, LORD, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4Then the LORD’s word came to Isaiah, saying,
5“Go, and tell Hezekiah, ‘The LORD, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
6I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.
7This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has spoken.
8Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps.”’” So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone down.
- ISA 38:21–22, engwebp
21Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover.”
22Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to the LORD’s house?”
- ISA 38:1–8, engwebp
2 Chronicles 32:24 says only that Hezekiah was terminally ill and prayed to the LORD, “and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign.” 2 Kings 20:8–11 tells that Hezekiah asked for a sign, that Isaiah asked whether the shadow should go forward ten steps or go back ten steps, and that Isaiah the prophet cried to the LORD, and he brought the shadow ten steps backward on the sundial of Ahaz. Isaiah 38:1–8 gives the sign among the words the LORD’s word to Isaiah tells him to say to Hezekiah, and then says that the sun returned ten steps on the sundial; Isaiah 38:21–22 gives Hezekiah’s question of the sign as something he “had said”. This collection keeps each account in its own book’s order, does not carry the details of one book into another, and does not decide how the three accounts stand to one another.
Unresolved interpretation: The Babylonian envoys’ purpose and sender
- 2 Chronicles 32:31 says envoys of Babylon’s princes ask about the wonder done in the land.
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- 2CH 32:31, engwebp
31However, concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him to test him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
- 2CH 32:31, engwebp
- 2 Kings 20:12–15 say King Berodach Baladan of Babylon sends letters and a gift after hearing of Hezekiah’s illness, and Hezekiah shows his possessions.
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- 2KI 20:12–15, engwebp
12At that time Berodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
13Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all the storehouse of his precious things—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, or in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn’t show them.
14Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say? From where did they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “They have come from a far country, even from Babylon.”
15He said, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.”
- 2KI 20:12–15, engwebp
- Isaiah 39:1–2 says, “At that time, Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick, and had recovered,” and that Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his precious things.
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- ISA 39:1–2, engwebp
1At that time, Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick, and had recovered.
2Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn’t show them.
- ISA 39:1–2, engwebp
Each book’s sender and stated purpose are kept. 2 Chronicles 32:31 says that the princes of Babylon sent ambassadors to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land. 2 Kings 20:12 says that Berodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick, and Isaiah 39:1 that Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick, and had recovered. Both editions write the name otherwise in the two books (the Korean Revised Version: 부로닥발라단, 므로닥발라단). This collection records the two names under the one entry of Berodach Baladan, with Isaiah’s spelling as its alias. The princes in Chronicles are not renamed as the king, and the stated motives of the three books are not combined.
Unresolved interpretation: Hezekiah of Zephaniah 1:1
- 2 Kings 18:1 says, “Now in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.”
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- 2KI 18:1–3, engwebp
1Now in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
2He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.
3He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that David his father had done.
- 2KI 18:1–3, engwebp
- 2 Kings 20:21 says, “Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.”
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- 2KI 20:20–21, engwebp
20Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
21Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
- 2KI 20:20–21, engwebp
- Zephaniah 1:1 names “Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah”.
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- ZEP 1:1–6, engwebp
1The LORD’s word which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.
2I will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says the LORD.
3I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says the LORD.
4I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place—the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
5those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by the LORD and also swear by Malcam,
6those who have turned back from following the LORD, and those who haven’t sought the LORD nor inquired after him.
- ZEP 1:1–6, engwebp
2 Kings 18:1 says that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign, and 20:21 that Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place. Zephaniah 1:1 names Zephaniah, to whom the LORD’s word came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, as “Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah”; the Korean Revised Version reads there 히스기야의 현손이요 아마랴의 증손, the great-great-grandson of Hezekiah and great-grandson of Amariah. Both editions write the name alike in the two books, and Zephaniah 1:1 gives this Hezekiah no title. The text does not say whether the Hezekiah of Zephaniah 1:1 is Hezekiah king of Judah. This collection records the name in the list zep-1-1, linked to no entry, and does not decide it.
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Ahaz — Father of — Hezekiah
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 3:10–16, 2 Chronicles 28:26–27, 2 Kings 16:19–20, 2 Kings 18:1–3, Matthew 1:1–17
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Hezekiah — Father of — Manasseh (son of Hezekiah)
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 3:10–16, 2 Chronicles 32:32–33, 2 Chronicles 33:1–9, 2 Kings 20:20–21, 2 Kings 21:1–9, Jeremiah 15:1–4, Matthew 1:1–17
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Abi (daughter of Zechariah) — Mother of — Hezekiah
Evidence: 2 Kings 18:1–3
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Took part in (43) — Hezekiah the son of Ahaz begins to reign, and reigns twenty-nine years in Jerusalem, Hezekiah breaks in pieces the bronze serpent and trusts in the LORD, the God of Israel, Sennacherib king of Assyria takes all the fortified cities of Judah, and Hezekiah gives silver and gold to the king of Assyria, Tartan, Rabsaris, and Rabshakeh come up to Jerusalem with a great army, Eliakim comes with Shebna and Joah to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and tells him Rabshakeh’s words, King Hezekiah covers himself with sackcloth and sends Eliakim, Shebna, and the elders of the priests to Isaiah the prophet, Hezekiah’s prayer when he goes up to the LORD’s house and spreads the letter before the LORD, The LORD’s word that Isaiah the son of Amoz sends to Hezekiah, Hezekiah is sick and dying, Isaiah brings him the LORD’s word, and Hezekiah turns his face to the wall and prays, The LORD tells Isaiah what to say to Hezekiah, and Isaiah says to take a cake of figs, Hezekiah asks for a sign, and the shadow is brought ten steps backward on the sundial of Ahaz, Berodach Baladan king of Babylon sends letters and a present, and Hezekiah shows the men from Babylon all his treasures, Isaiah tells Hezekiah the LORD’s word that all in his house will be carried to Babylon, and Hezekiah answers, Hezekiah, who made the pool and the conduit, sleeps with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigns in his place, Hezekiah begins to reign and does what is right in the LORD’s eyes, The doors are repaired and the priests and Levites told to sanctify the house, The priests and Levites cleanse the house and report to Hezekiah, Hezekiah orders sin offerings for all Israel, The burnt offering is accompanied by song and trumpets, The assembly brings offerings and the service of the LORD’s house is set in order, Hezekiah invites Israel and Judah to a Passover in the second month, Hezekiah prays for those not cleansed and the LORD listens, The people rejoice for seven days and Hezekiah encourages the Levites, The assembly keeps seven more days and the Levitical priests bless the people, Hezekiah appoints priestly divisions, burnt offerings, and their portions, First fruits and tithes from Israel and Judah form heaps, Azariah the chief priest explains the surplus to Hezekiah, Hezekiah prepares rooms, and Conaniah, Shimei, and overseers receive the offerings, Hezekiah acts with goodness, justice, and faithfulness throughout Judah, Hezekiah stops the waters, repairs the walls, and encourages the people, Hezekiah and Isaiah pray, and the LORD strikes Sennacherib’s camp, Hezekiah prays during illness and humbles himself after pride, Hezekiah builds storehouses and directs Gihon’s upper waters west of David’s city, Envoys of Babylonian princes ask about the wonder, and God tests Hezekiah, Eliakim, Shebna and Joah come to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and tell him Rabshakeh’s words, King Hezekiah sends to Isaiah the prophet, and Isaiah answers with the LORD’s word, Hezekiah’s prayer when he spreads the letter before the LORD, The LORD’s word on Sennacherib king of Assyria, sent by Isaiah the son of Amoz to Hezekiah, Hezekiah is sick and prays, and the sun returns ten steps on the sundial, The writing of Hezekiah when he had been sick and had recovered, What Isaiah had said of a cake of figs, and the sign Hezekiah had asked about, Merodach-baladan king of Babylon sends letters and a present, and Hezekiah is pleased and shows his treasures, Isaiah questions Hezekiah and tells him the word of the LORD of Armies that all in his house will be carried to Babylon
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- 2 Kings 16 20
- 2 Kings 18 1, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 22, 29, 30, 31, 32, 37
- 2 Kings 19 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 14, 20
- 2 Kings 20 1, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21
- 2 Kings 21 3
- 1 Chronicles 3 13
- 1 Chronicles 4 41
- 2 Chronicles 28 27
- 2 Chronicles 29 1, 18, 20, 27, 30, 31, 36
- 2 Chronicles 30 1, 18, 20, 22, 24
- 2 Chronicles 31 2, 8, 9, 11, 13, 20
- 2 Chronicles 32 2, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 32, 33
- 2 Chronicles 33 3
- Proverbs 25 1
- Isaiah 1 1
- Isaiah 36 1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 15, 16, 18, 22
- Isaiah 37 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 14, 21
- Isaiah 38 1, 2, 5, 9, 22
- Isaiah 39 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
- Jeremiah 15 4
- Jeremiah 26 18, 19
- Hosea 1 1
- Micah 1 1
- Matthew 1 9, 10
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Current wording: Named at 2 Kings 18:1 as the son of Ahaz king of Judah. 18:1–3 says, “Now in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that David his father had done.” Chapters 18–19 tell that he removed the high places and broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, and trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel, “so that after him was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among them that were before him”; that he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and when Sennacherib king of Assyria took all the fortified cities of Judah in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish and gave him the silver of the LORD’s house and of the treasures of the king’s house and the gold of the doors of the LORD’s temple and of the pillars. They tell too that when Eliakim came with Shebna and Joah and told him Rabshakeh’s words, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, went into the LORD’s house, and sent to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz; that he spread before the LORD the letter he received from the hand of the messengers, and prayed; and that Isaiah the son of Amoz sent him the LORD’s word. 2 Kings 20:1–3 says that when Hezekiah was sick and dying, Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Set your house in order; for you will die, and not live’”, and that Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the LORD, saying, “Remember now, LORD, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight”, and wept bitterly; 20:4–7 that the LORD’s word came to Isaiah with words for Hezekiah, among them, “I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake”, and that they laid a cake of figs on the boil, and he recovered; 20:8–11 that Hezekiah asked, “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?”, and that “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: 십도, ten degrees); 20:12–19 that when Berodach Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a present, Hezekiah showed the men who came from Babylon all the storehouse of his precious things, and that when Isaiah gave him the LORD’s word that all that is in the king’s house will be carried to Babylon, Hezekiah said, “The LORD’s word which you have spoken is good”; and 20:20–21, “Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.” 2 Chronicles 29:1–30:27 says Hezekiah has the LORD’s house cleansed and offerings made, writes to Israel and Judah for a Passover in the second month, and prays for those who had not cleansed themselves. 2 Chronicles 31:2–32:33 says Hezekiah orders the divisions and distribution of offerings, fortifies Jerusalem against Sennacherib and prays with Isaiah, humbles himself after illness and pride, directs Gihon’s water west of David’s city, and dies before Manasseh succeeds him. Isaiah 38:9–20 gives “The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and had recovered of his sickness”, which begins, “I said, ‘In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years.’” and ends, “The LORD will save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the LORD’s house.” Matthew 1:9–10 records in the genealogy of Matthew 1:1–17, “Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah. Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh.”
Cited evidence: 1CH 3:10–16, engwebp / 1CH 4:39–41, engwebp / 2CH 28:26–27, engwebp / 2CH 29:1–2, engwebp / 2CH 29:3–11, engwebp / 2CH 29:15–19, engwebp / 2CH 29:20–24, engwebp / 2CH 29:25–30, engwebp (and 61 more of 69)
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This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.