2 Kings 20:10-12

English Standard Version

¹⁰ And Hezekiah answered, “It is an easy thing for the shadow ^(A)to lengthen ten steps. Rather let the shadow go back ten steps.” ¹¹ And Isaiah the prophet called to the Lord, ^(B)and he brought the shadow back ten steps, by which it had gone down on the steps of Ahaz.

Hezekiah and the Babylonian Envoys

^12 (C)At that time ^(D)Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, ^(E)sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick.