1 In diebus illis ægrotavit Ezechias usque ad mortem: et venit ad eum Isaias filius Amos propheta, dixitque ei: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Præcipe domui tuæ: morieris enim tu, et non vives. 2 Qui convertit faciem suam ad parietem, et oravit Dominum, dicens: 3 Obsecro, Domine: memento, quæso, quomodo ambulaverim coram te in veritate, et in corde perfecto, et quod placitum est coram te fecerim. Flevit itaque Ezechias fletu magno. 4 Et antequam egrederetur Isaias mediam partem atrii, factus est sermo Domini ad eum, dicens: 5 Revertere, et dic Ezechiæ duci populi mei: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus David patris tui: Audivi orationem tuam, et vidi lacrimas tuas, et ecce sanavi te: die tertio ascendes templum Domini. 6 Et addam diebus tuis quindecim annos: sed et de manu regis Assyriorum liberabo te, et civitatem hanc: et protegam urbem istam propter me, et propter David servum meum. 7 Dixitque Isaias: Afferte massam ficorum. Quam cum attulissent, et posuissent super ulcus ejus, curatus est. 8 Dixerat autem Ezechias ad Isaiam: Quod erit signum, quia Dominus me sanabit, et quia ascensurus sum die tertia templum Domini? 9 Cui ait Isaias: Hoc erit signum a Domino quod facturus sit Dominus sermonem quem locutus est: vis ut ascendat umbra decem lineis, an ut revertatur totidem gradibus? 10 Et ait Ezechias: Facile est umbram crescere decem lineis: nec hoc volo ut fiat, sed ut revertatur retrorsum decem gradibus. 11 Invocavit itaque Isaias propheta Dominum, et reduxit umbram per lineas quibus jam descenderat in horologio Achaz, retrorsum decem gradibus. 12 In tempore illo misit Berodach Baladan, filius Baladan, rex Babyloniorum, litteras et munera ad Ezechiam: audierat enim quod ægrotasset Ezechias. 13 Lætatus est autem in adventu eorum Ezechias, et ostendit eis domum aromatum, et aurum et argentum, et pigmenta varia, unguenta quoque, et domum vasorum suorum, et omnia quæ habere poterat in thesauris suis. Non fuit quod non monstraret eis Ezechias in domo sua, et in omni potestate sua. 14 Venit autem Isaias propheta ad regem Ezechiam, dixitque ei: Quid dixerunt viri isti? aut unde venerunt ad te? Cui ait Ezechias: De terra longinqua venerunt ad me, de Babylone. 15 At ille respondit: Quid viderunt in domo tua? Ait Ezechias: Omnia quæcumque sunt in domo mea, viderunt: nihil est quod non monstraverim eis in thesauris meis. 16 Dixit itaque Isaias Ezechiæ: Audi sermonem Domini: 17 Ecce dies venient, et auferentur omnia quæ sunt in domo tua, et quæ condiderunt patres tui usque in diem hanc, in Babylonem: non remanebit quidquam, ait Dominus. 18 Sed et de filiis tuis qui egredientur ex te, quos generabis, tollentur, et erunt eunuchi in palatio regis Babylonis. 19 Dixit Ezechias ad Isaiam: Bonus sermo Domini quem locutus es: sit pax et veritas in diebus meis. 20 Reliqua autem sermonum Ezechiæ, et omnis fortitudo ejus, et quomodo fecerit piscinam et aquæductum, et introduxerit aquas in civitatem, nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Juda? 21 Dormivitque Ezechias cum patribus suis, et regnavit Manasses filius ejus pro eo.
2 Kings 20 Clementine Vulgate
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Amoz
Named as the father of the prophet Isaiah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings 19:20; 2 Kings 20:1
Baladan
Named as the father of Merodach-baladan king of Babylon.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 20:12; Isaiah 39:1
Hezekiah
A great reformer who trusted God and saw Jerusalem delivered from Assyria.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 18-20; 2 Chron. 29-32; Isa. 36-39; Matt. 1:9-10
Isaiah
The prophet, son of Amoz, who told Hezekiah that Sennacherib would not enter Jerusalem, foretold his illness and recovery, brought back the shadow ten steps, and warned of the…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings 19:20; 2 Kings 20:1
Merodach-baladan
Son of Baladan and king of Babylon, who sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah after hearing of his illness.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 20:12; Isaiah 39:1
Cross references (21)
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- 1 Isaiah 38:1–22; 2 Chronicles 32:24–26; Philippians 2:27; Jonah 3:4–10; 2 Kings 19:20
- 2 Psalm 50:15; Matthew 6:6; 1 Kings 8:30; Isaiah 38:2–3
- 3 Nehemiah 13:14; Nehemiah 13:22; 2 Kings 18:3–6; Nehemiah 5:19; Nehemiah 13:31
- 4 1 Kings 7:8; 2 Kings 22:14
- 5 Psalm 66:19–20; Isaiah 38:5; 1 Samuel 9:16; Psalm 39:12; 2 Kings 19:20
- 6 2 Kings 19:34; Acts 27:24; Isaiah 10:24; Psalm 116:15; 2 Chronicles 32:22
- 7 Isaiah 38:21; 2 Kings 2:20–22; 2 Kings 4:41
- 8 Isaiah 7:11; Judges 6:17; 2 Kings 20:5; Hosea 6:2; 2 Kings 19:29
- 9 Isaiah 38:7–8; Matthew 16:1–4; Luke 11:29–30; Mark 8:11–12
- 10 2 Kings 2:10; 2 Kings 3:18; John 14:12; Isaiah 49:6; Mark 9:28–29
- 11 Isaiah 38:8; Joshua 10:12–14; 2 Chronicles 32:24; Acts 9:40; Exodus 14:15
- 12 2 Chronicles 32:31; Isaiah 39:1–8; Genesis 10:10; Genesis 11:9; Isaiah 14:4
- 13 Isaiah 39:2; Proverbs 23:5; 2 Chronicles 32:25–27; 1 Kings 10:15; 1 Kings 10:25
- 14 Jeremiah 26:18–19; Joshua 9:9; Deuteronomy 28:49; 2 Samuel 12:7–15; Isaiah 13:5
- 15 2 Kings 20:13; Job 31:33; 1 John 1:8–10; Proverbs 28:13; Joshua 7:19
- 16 1 Kings 22:19; 2 Kings 7:1; Amos 7:16; Isaiah 1:10
- 17 2 Kings 24:13; 2 Chronicles 36:10; Jeremiah 27:21–22; Jeremiah 52:17–19; 2 Kings 25:13–15
- 18 2 Chronicles 33:11; 2 Kings 24:12; Daniel 1:3; 2 Kings 25:6
- 19 1 Samuel 3:18; Job 1:21; Zechariah 8:19; Luke 2:10; Psalm 39:9
- 20 Nehemiah 3:16; 2 Chronicles 32:32; 2 Chronicles 32:4; 2 Chronicles 32:30; Isaiah 22:9–11
- 21 2 Chronicles 32:33; 1 Kings 14:31; 2 Kings 21:18; 2 Chronicles 26:23; 1 Kings 2:10
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For when he had fallen sick, Esaias said to him, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
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