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And let them take and lay it on the boil, that he may recover.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/20.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid <i>it</i> on the boil, and he recovered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/20.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then Isaiah said, “Take a lump of figs.” So they took and laid <i>it</i> on the boil, and he recovered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.” And they took <i>it</i> and placed <i>it</i> on the inflamed spot, and he recovered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/20.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then Isaiah said, &#8220Take a cake of figs.&#8221 And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.” And they took and laid <i>it</i> on the boil, and he recovered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.” And they took and laid <i>it</i> on the boil, and he was restored to life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then Isaiah said, “Bring a cake of figs. And they brought it and placed it on the [painful] inflammation, and he recovered.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Isaiah said, “Bring a lump of pressed figs.” So they brought it and applied it to his infected skin, and he recovered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Isaiah said, &#8220Bring a lump of pressed figs.&#8221 So they brought it and applied it to his infected skin, and he recovered. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/20.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then Isaiah said to the king's servants, "Bring some mashed figs and place them on the king's open sore. He will then get well." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/20.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then Isaiah said, "Get a fig cake, and put it on the boil so that the king will get well."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/20.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then Isaiah told the king's attendants to put on his boil a paste made of figs, and he would get well. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/20.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Isaiah said, "Take a fig cake." So some attendants took it, laid it on Hezekiah's boil, and he recovered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Isaiah said, ?Prepare a poultice of figs.? So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/20.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Isaiah ordered, "Get a fig cake." So they did as he ordered and placed it on the ulcerated sore, and he recovered. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs." They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/20.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.” They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Isaiah says, “Take a cake of figs”; and they take and lay [it] on the boil, and he revives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Isaiah saith, 'Take ye a cake of figs;' and they take and lay it on the boil, and he reviveth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Isaiah will say, Take a round mass of figs. And they will take and put upon the burning sore, and he will live.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Isaias said: Bring me a lump of figs. And when they had brought it, and laid it upon his boil. he was healed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Isaiah said, “Bring me a mass of figs.” And when they had brought it, and they had placed it on his sore, he was healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/20.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then Isaiah said, “Bring a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil for his recovery.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Isaiah said, “Bring a lump of figs. Let them take it and apply it to the boil, so that he may recover.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Isaiah said. Let them take a cake of figs and lay it on the boil and he shall recover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/20.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Isaiah said: “They shall take a mass of figs and they shall put it on the absess and it is healed.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/20.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Isaiah said: 'Take a cake of figs.' And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/20.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it upon the ulcer, and he shall be well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/20-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=7126" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/20.htm">Hezekiah's Illness and Recovery</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’ ” <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3470.htm" title="3470: yə·ša‘·yā·hū (N-proper-ms) -- Or Yshayahuw; from yasha' and Yahh; Jah has saved; Jeshajah, the name of seven Israelites.">Then Isaiah</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: qə·ḥū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">“Prepare</a> <a href="/hebrew/1690.htm" title="1690: də·ḇe·leṯ (N-fsc) -- From an unused root probably meaning to press together; a cake of pressed figs.">a poultice</a> <a href="/hebrew/8384.htm" title="8384: tə·’ê·nîm (N-fp) -- Fig tree. Or t:enah; perhaps of foreign derivation; the fig.">of figs.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: way·yiq·ḥū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">So they brought it</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: way·yā·śî·mū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">and applied</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">it to</a> <a href="/hebrew/7822.htm" title="7822: haš·šə·ḥîn (Art:: N-ms) -- A boil, eruption. From an unused root probably meaning to burn; inflammation, i.e. An ulcer.">the boil,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: way·ye·ḥî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive.">and Hezekiah recovered.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/38-21.htm">Isaiah 38:21</a></span><br />Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-41.htm">2 Kings 4:41</a></span><br />Then Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-10.htm">2 Kings 5:10-14</a></span><br />Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.” / But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy. / Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/2-21.htm">2 Kings 2:21</a></span><br />and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-34.htm">2 Kings 4:34-35</a></span><br />Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, and hand to hand. As he stretched himself out over him, the boy’s body became warm. / Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-25.htm">Exodus 15:25</a></span><br />And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/21-8.htm">Numbers 21:8-9</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.” / So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/9-6.htm">John 9:6-7</a></span><br />When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes. / Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/8-23.htm">Mark 8:23-25</a></span><br />So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked. / The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.” / Once again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and when he opened them his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-29.htm">Matthew 9:29-30</a></span><br />Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.” / And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-14.htm">Luke 17:14</a></span><br />When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-14.htm">James 5:14-15</a></span><br />Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. / And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/9-17.htm">Acts 9:17-18</a></span><br />So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” / At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/28-8.htm">Acts 28:8-9</a></span><br />The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man. / After this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured as well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-3.htm">Matthew 8:3</a></span><br />Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.</p><p class="hdg">Take a lump.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/2-20.htm">2 Kings 2:20-22</a></b></br> And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought <i>it</i> to him… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/4-41.htm">2 Kings 4:41</a></b></br> But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast <i>it</i> into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/38-21.htm">Isaiah 38:21</a></b></br> For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay <i>it</i> for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.</p><p class="hdg">the boil.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/2-7.htm">Job 2:7</a></b></br> So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/10-17.htm">Applied</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-10.htm">Better</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-29.htm">Boil</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-6.htm">Cake</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-12.htm">Figs</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-4.htm">Isaiah</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-17.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-21.htm">Poultice</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-12.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-14.htm">Recover</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-6.htm">Recovered</a> <a href="/romans/4-17.htm">Reviveth</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-35.htm">Wound</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/9-16.htm">Applied</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/19-12.htm">Better</a> <a href="/job/30-27.htm">Boil</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-3.htm">Cake</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-40.htm">Figs</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-8.htm">Isaiah</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-17.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-21.htm">Poultice</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-32.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-20.htm">Recover</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-9.htm">Recovered</a> <a href="/job/36-6.htm">Reviveth</a> <a href="/job/16-14.htm">Wound</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 20</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/20-1.htm">Hezekiah, having received a message of death, by prayer has his life lengthened.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/20-8.htm">The sun goes ten degrees backward for a sign of that promise.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/20-12.htm">Berodach-baladan sending to visit Hezekiah has notice of his treasures.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/20-14.htm">Isaiah understanding thereof, foretells the Babylonian captivity.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/20-20.htm">Manasseh succeeds Hezekiah.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/20.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_kings/20.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then Isaiah said,</b><br>Isaiah, a major prophet in the Old Testament, served during the reigns of several kings of Judah, including Hezekiah. His role as a prophet was to convey God's messages to the people and the king. This phrase indicates divine intervention through a prophetic word, highlighting the importance of prophets in guiding and advising the leaders of Israel and Judah.<p><b>“Prepare a poultice of figs.”</b><br>Figs were commonly used in ancient Near Eastern medicine, known for their healing properties. The use of a poultice suggests a practical application of natural remedies, which were often seen as instruments of God's healing power. This instruction from Isaiah combines faith with action, showing that God can work through natural means to bring about His purposes.<p><b>So they brought it and applied it to the boil,</b><br>The boil, likely a severe infection or abscess, was a serious health issue. The application of the fig poultice represents obedience to the prophetic word, which is a recurring theme in Scripture. This act of faith and obedience is reminiscent of other biblical instances where following God's instructions leads to healing or deliverance, such as Naaman's healing in <a href="/2_kings/5.htm">2 Kings 5</a>.<p><b>and Hezekiah recovered.</b><br>Hezekiah's recovery is a testament to God's mercy and power. It underscores the theme of divine healing and restoration found throughout the Bible. This event also serves as a sign of God's favor towards Hezekiah, who was known for his faithfulness and reforms in Judah. The recovery can be seen as a type of resurrection, pointing forward to the ultimate healing and restoration found in Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a></b><br>The king of Judah who fell ill and was at the point of death. Hezekiah was a faithful king who sought the Lord's guidance and intervention.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet of God who delivered God's messages to Hezekiah, including the instruction to use a fig poultice for healing.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Judah where Hezekiah reigned and where this event took place.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_boil.htm">The Boil</a></b><br>The physical ailment that afflicted Hezekiah, which was severe enough to threaten his life.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_fig_poultice.htm">The Fig Poultice</a></b><br>A natural remedy prescribed by Isaiah, which God used to bring about Hezekiah's healing.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_healing.htm">God's Sovereignty in Healing</a></b><br>God is the ultimate healer, and He can use both natural and supernatural means to bring about healing. Trust in His wisdom and timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_faith_and_obedience.htm">The Role of Faith and Obedience</a></b><br>Hezekiah's recovery involved both faith in God's promise and obedience to the prophet's instructions. Our faith should be active, leading us to follow God's guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_interplay_of_prayer_and_action.htm">The Interplay of Prayer and Action</a></b><br>While Hezekiah prayed fervently for healing, he also took practical steps as instructed by Isaiah. Prayer and action often work hand in hand in the life of a believer.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_prophetic_guidance.htm">The Importance of Prophetic Guidance</a></b><br>Isaiah's role highlights the importance of seeking and heeding godly counsel. God often uses His servants to convey His will and direction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_compassion_and_mercy.htm">God's Compassion and Mercy</a></b><br>Hezekiah's healing is a testament to God's compassion and willingness to extend mercy to those who seek Him earnestly.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 20</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/2_kings_20_7__how_did_figs_cure_a_fatal_illness.htm">2 Kings 20:7: Why was a simple poultice of figs sufficient to cure a fatal illness if it was truly life-threatening? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_healing_trees_in_ezekiel_47_12.htm">Ezekiel 47:12: Is there any archeological or historical evidence of fruit-bearing trees with leaves that provide healing, as described along the riverbanks?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_elisha's_simple_healing.htm">How do we reconcile Elisha’s instructions (2 Kings 5:10–12) with other Old Testament rites for healing that appear more complex or different? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_pain_meds.htm">What does the Bible say about pain medication?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7, 8) In Isaiah these two verses are given at the end of the narrative; a position in which they are obviously out of place. Probably some copyist, after accidentally omitting them where they properly belonged, added them there, "with marks for insertion in their proper places, which marks were afterwards neglected by transcribers" (<span class= "ital">Lowth,</span> cited by <span class= "ital">Cheyne</span>)<span class= "ital">,</span> perhaps because they had become obliterated.<p><span class= "bld">Take a lump of figs.</span>--Figs pressed into a cake (<a href="/1_samuel/25-18.htm" title="Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.">1Samuel 25:18</a>). "Many commentators suppose the figs to be mentioned as a remedy current at the time. But surely so simple and unscientific a medicine would have been thought of, without applying to the prophet by those about Hezekiah. The plaster of figs is rather a sign or symbol of the cure, like the water of the Jordan in the narrative of Naaman (<a href="/2_kings/5-10.htm" title="And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean.">2Kings 5:10</a>)" (<span class= "ital">Cheyne</span>)<span class= "ital">.</span> That in antiquity figs were a usual remedy for boils of various kinds appears from the testimony of Dioscorides and Pliny.<p><span class= "bld">Laid it on the boil.</span>--It is not to be supposed that Hezekiah was suffering from the plague and, in fact, the very plague which destroyed the army of Sennacherib. (See Note on <a href="/2_kings/20-1.htm" title="In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus said the LORD, Set your house in order; for you shall die, and not live.">2Kings 20:1</a>). The word "boil" (<span class= "ital">sh?hin</span>) denotes leprous and other similar ulcers (<a href="/exodus/9-9.htm" title="And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains on man, and on beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.">Exodus 9:9</a>; <a href="/job/2-7.htm" title="So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to his crown.">Job 2:7</a>), but not plague, which moreover, would not have attacked Hezekiah alone, and would have produced not one swelling, but many. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs.</span> Figs were the usual remedy for boils. Dioscorides says of the fig, <span class="greek">διαφορεῖ</span> <span class="greek">σκληρίας</span>; Pliny, "Ulcera aperit;" while Jerome, in his-commentary on Isaiah, has the following: "Juxta artem medicorum omnis sanies siccioribus ficis atque contusis in cutis superficiem provocatur." The remedy is said to be still in use among Easterns. It can scarcely be supposed to have cured a malignant bell by its intrinsic force; but under the Divine blessing it was made effectual, and the cure followed. <span class="cmt_word">And they took and laid it on the boil.</span> The royal attendants obtained a lump of figs, and applied it to the inflamed boil or carbuncle, as Isaiah had suggested. It is impossible to say what exactly was the nature of the "boil," since diseases change their characters, and every age has its own special disorders; but modern medical science knows of more than one kind of pustular swelling, which, as soon as it is detected, is regarded as fatal. And he recovered. Not suddenly, but by degrees; after the manner of natural remedies. It was three days before he was well enough to quit the palace, and offer thanks in the temple for his miraculous cure (see ver. 5). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/20-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then Isaiah</span><br /><span class="heb">יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ša‘·yā·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3470.htm">Strong's 3470: </a> </span><span class="str2">Isaiah -- 'salvation of Yah', four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֣אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Prepare</span><br /><span class="heb">קְח֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(qə·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a poultice</span><br /><span class="heb">דְּבֶ֣לֶת</span> <span class="translit">(də·ḇe·leṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1690.htm">Strong's 1690: </a> </span><span class="str2">A lump (of pressed figs), a pressed (fig) cake</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of figs.”</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּאֵנִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(tə·’ê·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8384.htm">Strong's 8384: </a> </span><span class="str2">Of foreign derivation, the fig</span><br /><br /><span class="word">So they brought it</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקְח֛וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and applied</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·śî·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it to</span><br /><span class="heb">עַֽל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the boil,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְּׁחִ֖ין</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šə·ḥîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7822.htm">Strong's 7822: </a> </span><span class="str2">Inflammation, an ulcer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and he recovered.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֶּֽחִי׃</span> <span class="translit">(way·ye·ḥî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2421.htm">Strong's 2421: </a> </span><span class="str2">To live, to revive</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/20-7.htm">2 Kings 20:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/20-7.htm">2 Kings 20:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/20-7.htm">2 Kings 20:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/20-7.htm">2 Kings 20:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/20-7.htm">2 Kings 20:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/20-7.htm">2 Kings 20:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/20-7.htm">2 Kings 20:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/20-7.htm">2 Kings 20:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/20-7.htm">2 Kings 20:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/20-7.htm">2 Kings 20:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/20-7.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 20:7 Isaiah said Take a cake of figs (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/20-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 20:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 20:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/20-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 20:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 20:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>