2 Kings 20:8-13

2 Kings 20:8-13

[8] And Hezekiah  said  unto Isaiah,  What shall be the sign  that the LORD  will heal  me, and that I shall go up  into the house  of the LORD  the third  day?  [9] And Isaiah  said,  This sign  shalt thou have of the LORD,  will do  the thing  that he hath spoken:  shall the shadow  go forward  ten  degrees,  or go back  ten  degrees?  [10] answered,  It is a light thing  for the shadow  to go down  ten  degrees:  nay, but let the shadow  return  backward  ten  degrees.  [11] And Isaiah  the prophet  cried  unto the LORD:  and he brought  the shadow  ten  degrees  backward,  by  which it had gone down  in the dial  of Ahaz.  [12] At that time  Berodachbaladan,  the son  of Baladan,  king  of Babylon,  sent  letters  and a present  unto Hezekiah:  for he had heard  that Hezekiah  had been sick.  [13] And Hezekiah  hearkened  unto them, and shewed  them all the house  of his precious things,  the silver,  and the gold,  and the spices,  and the precious  ointment,  and all the house  of his armour,  and all that was found  in his treasures:  there was nothing  in his house,  that Hezekiah  shewed