2 Kings 20:7

Then Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. So they took it and put it on his wound, and he got better.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

In Context

6I will give you fifteen more years of life; and I will keep you and this town safe from the hands of the king of Assyria; I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.

8And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What is to be the sign that the Lord will make me well, and that I will go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?

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Cross References

2 Kings 2:20So he said, Get me a new vessel, and put salt in it; and they took it to him.

Isaiah 38:21And Isaiah said, Let them take a cake of figs, and put it on the diseased place, and he will get well.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 20:2-12

Hezekiah's Sickness and Recovery. ( b. c. 713.) 1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord , Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. 2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord , saying, 3 I beseech thee, O Lord , 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. 4 And it came to pass,… Read the whole commentary →

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