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2 Kings 20:10-12
Lexham English Bible
2 Kings 20:10-12
Lexham English Bible
10 Hezekiah answered, “It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps. No, but let the shadow return backwards ten steps.” 11 Isaiah the prophet called to Yahweh, and he brought back the shadow on the steps where it had gone down on the steps of Ahaz, backwards ten steps.
Hezekiah Reveals Too Much to a Babylonian Envoy
12 At that time, Berodak-Baladan the son of Baladan king of Babylon[a] sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been ill.
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- 2 Kings 20:12 Or “Babel.” Babel was the ancient name for Babylon, the capital of Babylonia. See also Genesis 11:9
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