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id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_kings/20.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_kings/20.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, &#8220What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the temple of the LORD on the third day from now?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_kings/20.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Meanwhile, Hezekiah had said to Isaiah, “What sign will the LORD give to prove that he will heal me and that I will go to the Temple of the LORD three days from now?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/20.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And 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 on the third day?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/20.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What <i>shall be</i> the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/20.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What <i>is</i> the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the LORD the third day?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What <i>will be</i> the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/20.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now Hezekiah said to Isaiah, &#8220What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the LORD the third day?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the LORD the third day?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that Yahweh will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of Yahweh the third day?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will [completely] heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What is the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the LORD’s temple on the third day? ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, &#8220What is the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the LORD&#8217s temple on the third day?&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/20.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that Jehovah will heal me, and that I shall go up unto the house of Jehovah the third day?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Hezekiah asked Isaiah, "Can you prove that the LORD will heal me, so that I can worship in his temple in three days?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/20.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up unto the house of the LORD the third day?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Hezekiah asked Isaiah, "What is the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I'll go to the LORD's temple the day after tomorrow?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/20.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />King Hezekiah asked, "What is the sign to prove that the LORD will heal me and that three days later I will be able to go to the Temple?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/20.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, "What is to be the sign that the LORD is healing me and that I'll be going up to the LORD's Temple three days from now?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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??<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/20.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Hezekiah had said to Isaiah, "What is the confirming sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the LORD's temple the day after tomorrow?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/20.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that Yahweh will heal me, and that I will go up to Yahweh’s house the third day?” <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 Hezekiah says to Isaiah, “What [is] the sign that YHWH gives healing to me, that I have gone up to the house of YHWH on the third day?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Hezekiah saith unto Isaiah, 'What is the sign that Jehovah doth give healing to me, that I have gone up on the third day to the house of Jehovah?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Hezekiah will say to Isaiah, What the sign that Jehovah will heal me, and I went up in the third day to the house of Jehovah?<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 Ezechias had said to Isaias: What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the temple of the Lord the third day? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But Hezekiah had said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I will ascend to the temple of the Lord on the third day?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/20.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Hezekiah asked Isaiah, “What is the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I shall go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />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 on the third day?”<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 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/20.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Hezekiah said to Isaiah: “What is the sign that LORD JEHOVAH heals me, and I come up on the third day to the house of LORD JEHOVAH?”<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 Hezekiah said unto Isaiah: 'What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up unto the house of the LORD the third day?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/20.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Ezekias said to Esaias, What <i>is</i> the sign that the Lord will heal me, and I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/20-8.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=7136" 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">7</span>Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2396.htm" title="2396: ḥiz·qî·yā·hū (N-proper-ms) -- Yah has strengthened, a king of Judah, also several other Isr. ">Now Hezekiah</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></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.">had asked</a> <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.">Isaiah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: māh (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">“What</a> <a href="/hebrew/226.htm" title="226: ’ō·wṯ (N-cs) -- A sign. Probably from 'uwth; a signal, as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.">will be the sign</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/7495.htm" title="7495: yir·pā (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To heal. Or raphah; a primitive root; properly, to mend, i.e. to cure.">will heal</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">me</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: wə·‘ā·lî·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">and that I will go up</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">to the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/7992.htm" title="7992: haš·šə·lî·šî (Art:: Number-oms) -- Ordinal from shalowsh; third; feminine a third; by extension, a third; specifically, a third-story cell).">on the third</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day?”</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?”…<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/38-22.htm">Isaiah 38:22</a></span><br />And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/20-9.htm">2 Kings 20:9-11</a></span><br />And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?” / “It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.” / So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/38-7.htm">Isaiah 38:7-8</a></span><br />This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: / I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-29.htm">2 Kings 19:29-31</a></span><br />And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. / And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above. / For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-43.htm">2 Kings 4:43-44</a></span><br />But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’” / So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-14.htm">2 Kings 5:14</a></span><br />So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/13-21.htm">2 Kings 13:21</a></span><br />Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/6-17.htm">2 Kings 6:17</a></span><br />Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/7-1.htm">2 Kings 7:1-2</a></span><br />Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’” / But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/3-17.htm">2 Kings 3:17-18</a></span><br />For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’ / This is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD, and He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-38.htm">Matthew 12:38-40</a></span><br />Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.” / Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. / For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-29.htm">Luke 11:29-30</a></span><br />As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. / For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-48.htm">John 4:48</a></span><br />Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/20-25.htm">John 20:25-29</a></span><br />So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.” / Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” / Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/16-1.htm">Matthew 16:1-4</a></span><br />Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. / But He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘The weather will be fair, for the sky is red,’ / and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?</p><p class="hdg">What shall be.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/20-5.htm">2 Kings 20:5</a></b></br> Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/19-29.htm">2 Kings 19:29</a></b></br> And this <i>shall be</i> a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/6-17.htm">Judges 6:17,37-40</a></b></br> And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/20-5.htm">Heal</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-21.htm">Healing</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-5.htm">Hezekiah</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-3.htm">Hezeki'ah</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-5.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-7.htm">Isaiah</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-29.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-37.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-5.htm">Third</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">Heal</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-18.htm">Healing</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-10.htm">Hezekiah</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-10.htm">Hezeki'ah</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-13.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-9.htm">Isaiah</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-9.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-4.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-13.htm">Third</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'; 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This relationship is significant as it highlights the role of prophets in advising and guiding kings in ancient Israel. Isaiah, a major prophet, often served as a conduit for God's messages to the king. This interaction underscores the importance of seeking divine guidance through God's appointed messengers.<p><b>“What will be the sign</b><br>In biblical times, signs were often requested as confirmation of God's promises or actions. Hezekiah's request for a sign reflects a common practice in the Old Testament, where individuals sought tangible evidence of divine intervention. This mirrors other instances, such as Gideon's fleece in <a href="/judges/6-36.htm">Judges 6:36-40</a>, where signs were sought to confirm God's will.<p><b>that the LORD will heal me</b><br>Hezekiah is seeking assurance of his healing from a life-threatening illness. This reflects the belief in God's power to heal and intervene in human affairs. Healing is a recurring theme in the Bible, often associated with faith and divine mercy. The request for healing also points to the personal relationship between Hezekiah and God, where the king feels comfortable seeking direct intervention.<p><b>and that I will go up to the house of the LORD</b><br>The "house of the LORD" refers to the temple in Jerusalem, the central place of worship for the Israelites. Hezekiah's desire to return to the temple signifies not only physical healing but also spiritual restoration and the ability to participate in communal worship. This reflects the importance of the temple as a place of God's presence and the center of religious life in Judah.<p><b>on the third day?”</b><br>The mention of the "third day" is significant in biblical typology, often symbolizing completeness and divine intervention. The third day is a recurring motif in Scripture, seen in events such as Jonah's deliverance from the fish (<a href="/jonah/1-17.htm">Jonah 1:17</a>) and, most notably, the resurrection of Jesus Christ (<a href="/matthew/16-21.htm">Matthew 16:21</a>). This timeframe suggests a period of waiting followed by a decisive act of God, emphasizing the certainty and miraculous nature of the promised healing.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a></b><br>The king of Judah who is known for his faithfulness to God and his reforms to restore proper worship. He is facing a life-threatening illness in this passage.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament who serves as God's messenger to Hezekiah, delivering both warnings and promises from the LORD.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who is central to the account as the one who has the power to heal and deliver.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_the_lord.htm">The House of the LORD</a></b><br>Refers to the temple in Jerusalem, which is the center of worship and the place where Hezekiah desires to return to worship God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sign.htm">The Sign</a></b><br>A miraculous indication requested by Hezekiah to confirm God's promise of healing and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_promises.htm">Faith in God's Promises</a></b><br>Hezekiah's request for a sign demonstrates a desire for assurance in God's promises. Believers today can find assurance in God's Word and His faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_signs.htm">The Role of Signs</a></b><br>While signs can strengthen faith, they should not be the sole basis for belief. True faith rests in the character and promises of God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prayer_and_healing.htm">Prayer and Healing</a></b><br>Hezekiah's situation encourages believers to bring their needs before God in prayer, trusting in His power to heal and restore according to His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/worship_as_a_priority.htm">Worship as a Priority</a></b><br>Hezekiah's desire to return to the house of the LORD underscores the importance of worship and fellowship with God as central to a believer's life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_timing.htm">God's Sovereignty and Timing</a></b><br>The promise of healing and the specific timing ("on the third day") highlight God's control over circumstances and His perfect timing in fulfilling His promises.<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/is_ahaz's_sundial_historically_verified.htm">2 Kings 20:8: Is there an archaeological or historical record of Ahaz’s sundial that corroborates this account?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_don't_records_mention_isaiah_38_8_event.htm">Why do external historical records fail to report this cosmic event described in Isaiah 38:8? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_astronomy.htm">What does the Bible say about astronomy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_time_travel.htm">What does the Bible say about time travel?</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>(8) <span class= "bld">What shall be the sign</span> <span class= "bld">. . .?</span>--Comp. <a href="/2_kings/19-29.htm" title="And this shall be a sign to you, You shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third year sow you, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.">2Kings 19:29</a> and note; <a href="/isaiah/7-11.htm" title="Ask you a sign of the LORD your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.">Isaiah 7:11</a> <span class= "ital">seq.,</span> where Isaiah requests Ahaz to choose a sign. The sign was obviously a token that the prophet's word would come true.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me?</span> Having regard to the weakness of human faith, God, under the old covenant, often gave, or offered, near "signs" of promised blessings that were more remote, in order to sustain and encourage the doubtful and the wavering (comp. <a href="/exodus/3-12.htm">Exodus 3:12</a>; <a href="/2_kings/19-29.htm">2 Kings 19:29</a>; <a href="/isaiah/7-11.htm">Isaiah 7:11, 14</a>, etc.). Hezekiah assumes that a near "sign" will now he granted to him, and simply asks what the sign is to be. <span class="cmt_word">And that I shall go up into the house of the Lord the third day</span>? Three days would be a long and weary time to wait. It was not unnatural that Hezekiah should crave some more immediate assurance that his prayer was indeed heard. Neither God nor the prophet was angry at his request. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/20-8.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">Now Hezekiah</span><br /><span class="heb">חִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḥiz·qî·yā·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2396.htm">Strong's 2396: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hezekiah -- 'Yah has strengthened', a king of Judah, also several other Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had asked</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֤אמֶר</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">Isaiah,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ</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">“What</span><br /><span class="heb">מָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is the sign</span><br /><span class="heb">א֔וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_226.htm">Strong's 226: </a> </span><span class="str2">A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will heal</span><br /><span class="heb">יִרְפָּ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(yir·pā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7495.htm">Strong's 7495: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mend, to cure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me and that I will go up</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעָלִ֛יתִי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ā·lî·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the house</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the third</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šə·lî·šî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7992.htm">Strong's 7992: </a> </span><span class="str2">Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day?”</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֥וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/20-8.htm">2 Kings 20:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/20-8.htm">2 Kings 20:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/20-8.htm">2 Kings 20:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/20-8.htm">2 Kings 20:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/20-8.htm">2 Kings 20:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/20-8.htm">2 Kings 20:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/20-8.htm">2 Kings 20:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/20-8.htm">2 Kings 20:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/20-8.htm">2 Kings 20:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/20-8.htm">2 Kings 20:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/20-8.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 20:8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah What shall be (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/20-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 20:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 20:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/20-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 20:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 20:9" /></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>