2 Kings 20:7

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

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.'

8And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah: 'What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up unto the house of the LORD the third day?'

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Cross References

2 Kings 2:20And he said: 'Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein.' And they brought it to him.

Isaiah 38:21And Isaiah said: 'Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.'

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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