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10 So [a]Hezekiah [b]answered, “It is easy for the shadow to stretch forward ten steps; no, but let the shadow turn backward ten steps.” 11 Isaiah the prophet cried to Yahweh, and (A)He turned the shadow on the [c]stairway back ten steps by which it had gone down on the [d]stairway of Ahaz.

Hezekiah Shows Babylon His Treasures

12 (B)At that time [e]Berodach-baladan a son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 20:10 Heb Yehezekiah; lit Yahweh will strengthen
  2. 2 Kings 20:10 Lit said
  3. 2 Kings 20:11 Lit steps
  4. 2 Kings 20:11 Lit steps
  5. 2 Kings 20:12 Many mss and ancient versions Merodach-baladan, cf. Is 39:1