2 Kings 20:8

⁶ And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

⁷ And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?

⁹ And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?

¹⁰ And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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?”
KJV: And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?
WEB: Hezekiah 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?”
ASV: And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that Jehovah will heal me, and that I shall go up unto the house of Jehovah the third day?
DARBY: And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What [shall be] the sign that Jehovah will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah the third day?
BLB: And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What [is] the sign that YHWH will heal me, that I shall go up the third day to the house of YHWH?”

ÅB: Og Hiskia sa til Jesaja: Hva skal jeg ha til tegn på at Herren vil helbrede meg, så jeg den tredje dag kan gå opp til Herrens hus?
OTB: Hiskia spurte da Jesaja, "Hva skal være tegnet på at Herren vil helbrede meg, og at jeg vil gå opp til Herrens hus på den tredje dagen?"
B1930: Og Esekias sa til Esaias: Hvad skal jeg ha til tegn på at Herren vil helbrede mig, så jeg den tredje dag kan gå op til Herrens hus?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 7:11
Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
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Judges 6:17
And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
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2 Kings 20:5
Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
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Hosea 6:2
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
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2 Kings 19:29
And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
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Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
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Isaiah 38:22
Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
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Judges 6:37–40
Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
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