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2 Kings 20:9-11
Good News Translation
2 Kings 20:9-11
Good News Translation
9 Isaiah replied, “The Lord will give you a sign to prove that he will keep his promise. Now, would you prefer to have the shadow on the stairway go forward ten steps or go back ten steps?”[a]
10 Hezekiah answered, “It's easy to have the shadow go forward ten steps![b] Have it go back ten steps.”[c]
11 Isaiah prayed to the Lord, and the Lord made the shadow go back ten steps[d] on the stairway[e] set up by King Ahaz.
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- 2 Kings 20:9 stairway … steps … steps…; or sundial … degrees … degrees.
- 2 Kings 20:10 steps; or degrees.
- 2 Kings 20:10 steps; or degrees.
- 2 Kings 20:11 steps; or degrees.
- 2 Kings 20:11 stairway; or sundial. Archaeological evidence suggests that the stairway referred to in this passage was one specially constructed to tell time.
2 Kings 20:9-11
New International Version
2 Kings 20:9-11
New International Version
9 Isaiah answered, “This is the Lord’s sign(A) to you that the Lord will do what he has promised: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps?”
10 “It is a simple(B) matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps,” said Hezekiah. “Rather, have it go back ten steps.”
11 Then the prophet Isaiah called on the Lord, and the Lord made the shadow go back(C) the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.
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