¶ In those days was Hezekiah¹ sick unto death. And the prophet² Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order³; for thou shalt die⁴, and not live.

Then he turned⁵ his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,

I beseech thee, O LORD, remember⁶ now how I have walked⁷ before thee in truth⁸ and with a perfect heart⁹, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore¹⁰.

And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court¹¹, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

Turn again¹², and tell Hezekiah the captain¹³ of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God¹⁴ of David thy father, I have heard¹⁵ thy prayer, I have seen¹⁶ thy tears: behold, I will heal¹⁷ thee: on the third day thou shalt go¹⁸ up unto the house of the LORD.

And I will add¹⁹ 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 defend²⁰ this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

And Isaiah said, Take a lump²¹ of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil²², and he recovered.

And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be²³ the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?

And Isaiah said, This sign²⁴ 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?

¶²⁵And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.

And Isaiah the prophet cried unto²⁶ the LORD: and he brought²⁷ the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial²⁸ of Ahaz.

¶ At that time Berodachbaladan²⁹, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon³¹, sent letters³² and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard³³ that Hezekiah had been sick.

And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed³⁴ them all the house of his precious things³⁵, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour³⁶, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

Then came Isaiah³⁷ the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said³⁸ these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country³⁹, even from Babylon.

And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things⁴⁰ that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear⁴¹ the word of the LORD.

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 carried⁴² into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.

And of thy sons⁴³ that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be⁴⁴ eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good⁴⁵ 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?

¶ And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool⁴⁷, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book⁴⁸ of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

And Hezekiah slept⁴⁹ with his fathers: and Manasseh⁵⁰ his son reigned in his stead.