2 Kings 20:8
Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord the third day?"
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7Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs."They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
Cross References
Judges 6:17He said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.
2 Kings 19:29"'This shall be the sign to you: You shall eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat its fruit.
Isaiah 7:11"Ask a sign of the Lord your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above."
Isaiah 38:22Hezekiah also had said, "What is the sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord?"
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 →