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II Kings Chapter 20

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In this chapter the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, flees to Babylon after his city is destroyed and his people are taken captive. The chapter records that his palace is set on fire and that the people are driven out, showing God's judgment on Israel's rebellion. It emphasizes the final collapse of the united monarchy and the beginning of the exile.

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(1) In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
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II Chronicles 32:24II Chronicles 32:25II Chronicles 32:26Isaiah 38:1Isaiah 38:2Isaiah 38:3Isaiah 38:4Isaiah 38:5Isaiah 38:6Isaiah 38:7Isaiah 38:8Isaiah 38:9

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Isaiah 38:1Romans 14:8II Kings 7:4II Kings 20:14II Chronicles 32:20II Chronicles 32:32

(2) Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,
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I Kings 8:30Psalms 50:15Isaiah 38:2Isaiah 38:3Matthew 6:6

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Isaiah 38:2II Chronicles 26:6

(3) I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
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Genesis 8:1Nehemiah 5:19Nehemiah 13:14Nehemiah 13:22Nehemiah 13:31Psalms 25:7Psalms 89:47Psalms 89:50Psalms 119:49Isaiah 63:11II Kings 18:3II Kings 18:4

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Isaiah 38:3Leviticus 26:42Isaiah 64:9II Samuel 13:36

(4) And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
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II Kings 22:14I Kings 7:8

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Ezekiel 46:21I Kings 6:8Exodus 38:31II Chronicles 4:9

(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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II Samuel 7:3II Samuel 7:4II Samuel 7:5I Chronicles 17:2I Chronicles 17:3I Chronicles 17:4Joshua 5:14Joshua 5:15I Samuel 9:16I Samuel 10:1II Samuel 5:2II Chronicles 13:12

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Revelation 8:12II Kings 1:13II Samuel 18:2II Kings 20:8I Chronicles 27:5Ezekiel 5:2

(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.
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Psalms 116:15Acts 27:24II Kings 19:34II Chronicles 32:22Isaiah 10:24

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II Kings 19:34Isaiah 37:35I Kings 11:32I Kings 11:13Psalms 69:6Psalms 143:11

(7) And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
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II Kings 2:20II Kings 2:21II Kings 2:22II Kings 4:41Isaiah 38:21

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Isaiah 38:21Jeremiah 24:2

(8) 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?
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II Kings 20:5II Kings 19:29Judges 6:17Judges 6:37Judges 6:38Judges 6:39Judges 6:40Isaiah 7:11Isaiah 7:14Isaiah 38:22Hosea 6:2

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Revelation 8:12II Samuel 18:2II Kings 20:5Ezekiel 5:2Ezekiel 5:12Matthew 12:39

(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?
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Isaiah 38:7Isaiah 38:8Matthew 16:1Matthew 16:2Matthew 16:3Matthew 16:4Mark 8:11Mark 8:12Luke 11:29Luke 11:30

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Isaiah 38:8II Kings 20:10II Kings 20:11Genesis 32:15Genesis 45:23Exodus 27:12

(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.
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II Kings 2:10II Kings 3:18Isaiah 49:6Mark 9:28Mark 9:29John 14:12

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Isaiah 38:8II Kings 20:9II Kings 20:11Isaiah 9:2Isaiah 30:26Matthew 4:16

(11) And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
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Exodus 14:15I Kings 17:20I Kings 17:21I Kings 18:36I Kings 18:37I Kings 18:38Acts 9:40Joshua 10:12Joshua 10:13Joshua 10:14II Chronicles 32:24II Chronicles 32:31

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Isaiah 38:8II Kings 20:10II Kings 20:9II Chronicles 32:20Jeremiah 28:9Jeremiah 28:12

(12) At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
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Isaiah 39:1Isaiah 39:2Isaiah 39:3Isaiah 39:4Isaiah 39:5Isaiah 39:6Isaiah 39:7Isaiah 39:8II Chronicles 32:31Genesis 10:10Genesis 11:9Isaiah 13:1

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Isaiah 39:1II Kings 20:14Isaiah 39:3II Kings 18:14II Kings 18:16II Kings 19:14

(13) And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
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II Chronicles 32:27Isaiah 39:2I Kings 10:2I Kings 10:10I Kings 10:15I Kings 10:25II Chronicles 32:25II Chronicles 32:26Proverbs 23:5Ecclesiastes 7:20

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Isaiah 39:2II Kings 20:15Isaiah 39:4II Chronicles 32:27II Kings 18:14Revelation 18:12

(14) Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.
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Isaiah 39:3Isaiah 39:4Isaiah 39:5Isaiah 39:6Isaiah 39:7Isaiah 39:8II Kings 5:25II Kings 5:26II Samuel 12:7II Samuel 12:8II Samuel 12:9II Samuel 12:10

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Isaiah 39:3II Kings 20:12II Kings 20:1II Chronicles 32:20II Chronicles 32:32Isaiah 38:1

(15) And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
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II Kings 20:13Joshua 7:19Job 31:33Proverbs 28:13I John 1:8I John 1:9I John 1:10

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II Kings 20:13Isaiah 39:2Isaiah 39:4

(16) And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.
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II Kings 7:1I Kings 22:19Isaiah 1:10Amos 7:16

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II Kings 20:14Isaiah 39:3

(17) Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
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II Kings 24:13II Kings 25:13II Kings 25:14II Kings 25:15Leviticus 26:19II Chronicles 36:10II Chronicles 36:18Jeremiah 27:21Jeremiah 27:22Jeremiah 52:17Jeremiah 52:18Jeremiah 52:19

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Isaiah 39:6II Kings 24:15Ezra 2:1Esther 2:6II Chronicles 36:7Ezra 5:12

(18) And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
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II Kings 24:12II Kings 25:6II Chronicles 33:11

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Isaiah 39:7Matthew 19:12Leviticus 15:3

(19) Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
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Leviticus 10:3I Samuel 3:18Job 1:21Psalms 39:9Lamentations 3:22Lamentations 3:39Esther 9:30Jeremiah 33:6Zechariah 8:19Luke 2:10Luke 2:14

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Isaiah 39:8II Kings 20:14Isaiah 39:3

(20) And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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II Chronicles 32:4II Chronicles 32:30II Chronicles 32:32Nehemiah 3:16Isaiah 22:9Isaiah 22:10Isaiah 22:11II Kings 8:23II Kings 15:6II Kings 15:26II Kings 16:19I Kings 14:19

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I Kings 11:41I Kings 14:19I Kings 14:29I Kings 15:7I Kings 15:23I Kings 15:31

(21) And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
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II Kings 21:18I Kings 2:10I Kings 11:43I Kings 14:31II Chronicles 26:23II Chronicles 32:33II Kings 21:1

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II Chronicles 32:33I Kings 14:20II Kings 16:20II Kings 21:18II Chronicles 28:27II Chronicles 33:20

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