2 Kings · World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
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1 In those days Hezekiah was sick and dying. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Set your house in order; for you will die, and not live.’”
1 EN aquellos días cayó Ezechîas enfermo de muerte, y vino á él Isaías profeta hijo de Amós, y díjole: Jehová dice así: Dispón de tu casa, porque has de morir, y no vivirás.
2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Yahweh, saying,
2 Entonces volvió él su rostro á la pared, y oró á Jehová, y dijo:
3 “Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
3 Ruégote, oh Jehová, ruégote hagas memoria de que he andado delante de ti en verdad é íntegro corazón, y que he hecho las cosas que te agradan. Y lloró Ezechîas con gran lloro.
4 Before Isaiah had gone out into the middle part of the city, Yahweh’s word came to him, saying,
4 Y antes que Isaías saliese hasta la mitad del patio, fué palabra de Jehová á Isaías, diciendo:
5 “Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, ‘Yahweh, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day, you will go up to Yahweh’s house.
5 Vuelve, y di á Ezechîas, príncipe de mi pueblo: Así dice Jehová, el Dios de David tu padre: Yo he oído tu oración, y he visto tus lágrimas: he aquí yo te sano; al tercer día subirás á la casa de Jehová.
6 I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.”’”
6 Y añadiré á tus días quince años, y te libraré á ti y á esta ciudad de mano del rey de Asiria; y ampararé esta ciudad por amor de mí, y por amor de David mi siervo.
7 Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.” They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
7 Y dijo Isaías: Tomad masa de higos. Y tomándola, pusieron sobre la llaga, y sanó.
8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that Yahweh will heal me, and that I will go up to Yahweh’s house the third day?”
8 Y Ezechîas había dicho á Isaías: ¿Qué señal tendré de que Jehová me sanará, y que subiré á la casa de Jehová al tercer día?
9 Isaiah said, “This will be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do the thing that he has spoken: should the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?”
9 Y respondió Isaías: Esta señal tendrás de Jehová, de que hará Jehová esto que ha dicho: ¿Avanzará la sombra diez grados, ó retrocederá diez grados?
10 Hezekiah answered, “It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. No, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.”
10 Y Ezechîas respondió: Fácil cosa es que la sombra decline diez grados: pero, que la sombra vuelva atrás diez grados.
11 Isaiah the prophet cried to Yahweh; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz.
11 Entonces el profeta Isaías clamó á Jehová; é hizo volver la sombra por los grados que había descendido en el reloj de Achâz, diez grados atrás.
12 At that time Berodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
12 En aquel tiempo Berodach-baladán hijo de Baladán, rey de Babilonia, envió letras y presentes á Ezechîas, porque había oído que Ezechîas había caído enfermo.
13 Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all the storehouse of his precious things—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, or in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn’t show them.
13 Y Ezechîas los oyó, y mostróles toda la casa de las cosas preciosas, plata, oro, y especiería, y preciosos ungüentos; y la casa de sus armas, y todo lo que había en sus tesoros: ninguna cosa quedó que Ezechîas no les mostrase, así en su casa como en todo su señorío.
14 Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say? From where did they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “They have come from a far country, even from Babylon.”
14 Entonces el profeta Isaías vino al rey Ezechîas, y díjole: ¿Qué dijeron aquellos varones, y de dónde vinieron á ti? Y Ezechîas le respondió: De lejanas tierras han venido, de Babilonia.
15 He said, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.”
15 Y él le volvió á decir: ¿Qué vieron en tu casa? Y Ezechîas respondió: Vieron todo lo que había en mi casa; nada quedó en mis tesoros que no les mostrase.
16 Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear Yahweh’s word.
16 Entonces Isaías dijo á Ezechîas: Oye palabra de Jehová:
17 ‘Behold, the days come that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store to this day, will be carried to Babylon. Nothing will be left,’ says Yahweh.
17 He aquí vienen días, en que todo lo que está en tu casa, y todo lo que tus padres han atesorado hasta hoy, será llevado á Babilonia, sin quedar nada, dijo Jehová.
18 ‘They will take away some of your sons who will issue from you, whom you will father; and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”
18 Y de tus hijos que saldrán de ti, que habrás engendrado, tomarán; y serán eunucos en el palacio del rey de Babilonia.
19 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “Yahweh’s word which you have spoken is good.” He said moreover, “Isn’t it so, if peace and truth will be in my days?”
19 Entonces Ezechîas dijo á Isaías: La palabra de Jehová que has hablado, es buena. Después dijo: ¿Mas no habrá paz y verdad en mis días?
20 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20 Lo demás de los hechos de Ezechîas, y todo su vigor, y cómo hizo el estanque, y el conducto, y metió las aguas en la ciudad, ¿no está escrito en el libro de las crónicas de los reyes de Judá?
21 Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
21 Y durmió Ezechîas con sus padres, y reinó en su lugar Manasés su hijo.
People & places in this chapter
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People
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
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)