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

Hezekiah Shows Babylon His Treasures

12 (B)At that time [d]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 Lit said
  2. 2 Kings 20:11 Lit steps
  3. 2 Kings 20:11 Lit steps
  4. 2 Kings 20:12 Many mss and ancient versions read Merodach-baladan; cf Is 39:1