10 So Hezekiah said, “It is easy for the shadow to decline ten steps; no, but have the shadow turn backward ten steps.” 11 Then Isaiah the prophet called out to the Lord, and (A)He brought the shadow on the [a]stairway back ten steps by which it had gone down on the [b]stairway of Ahaz.

Hezekiah Shows Babylon His Treasures

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

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 20:11 Lit steps
  2. 2 Kings 20:11 Lit steps
  3. 2 Kings 20:12 Some mss and ancient versions Merodach-baladan; cf. Is 39:1

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