2 Kings 20:1-11

1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Yhwh, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.1 2Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto Yhwh, saying, 3I beseech thee, O Yhwh, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.2 4And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of Yhwh came to him, saying,3 5Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith Yhwh, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of Yhwh. 6And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake. 7And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

8And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that Yhwh will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of Yhwh the third day? 9And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of Yhwh, that Yhwh will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? 10And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. 11And Isaiah the prophet cried unto Yhwh: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.4