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10 Hezekiah answered, “It is easy for the shadow to go forward ten steps; no, but let the shadow turn backward ten steps.” 11 So Isaiah the prophet called out to the Lord, and He brought the shadow on the steps ten steps backward by which it had gone down on the [a]sundial of Ahaz.

Hezekiah Shows Babylon His Treasures

12 At that time [b]Berodach-baladan a son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 20:11 Or stairway; lit steps.
  2. 2 Kings 20:12 Many mss and ancient versions read Merodach-baladan; cf Is 39:1.

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