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Second Book of Kings, Chapter 20

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2 Kings 20 NWT - New World Translation2 Kings 20 NWT - New World Translation

Chapter 20 of 2 Kings—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ In those days Hez·e·kiʹah got sick to the point of dying.1 Accordingly Isaiah2 the son of Aʹmoz the prophet came in to him and said to him: “This is what Jehovah has said, ‘Give commands to your household,3 for you yourself will indeed die and will not live.’”4
  2. At that he turned his face to the wall5 and began to pray to Jehovah,6 saying:
  3. “I beseech you, O Jehovah, remember,7 please, how I have walked8 before you in truthfulness9 and with a complete heart,10 and what was good in your eyes I have done.”11 And Hez·e·kiʹah began to weep profusely.[a]12
  4. ¶ And it came about that Isaiah himself had not yet gone out to the middle court[b] when Jehovah’s word itself came to him,13 saying:
  5. “Go back, and you must say to Hez·e·kiʹah the leader14 of my people, ‘This is what Jehovah the God15 of David your forefather has said: “I have heard16 your prayer.17 I have seen your tears.18 Here I am healing19 you.20 On the third day you will go up to the house of Jehovah.21
  6. And I shall certainly add fifteen years to your days, and out of the palm of the king of As·syrʹi·a I shall deliver you and this city, and I will defend22 this city for my own sake and for the sake of David my servant.”’”23
  7. ¶ And Isaiah went on to say: “YOU men, take a cake of pressed24 dried figs.” So they took and put it upon the boil,25 after which he gradually revived.26
  8. ¶ Meantime, Hez·e·kiʹah said to Isaiah: “What is the sign27 that Jehovah will heal me and I shall certainly go up on the third day to the house of Jehovah?”
  9. To this Isaiah said: “This is the sign28 for you from Jehovah that Jehovah will perform the word that he has spoken: Shall the shadow actually go forward ten steps [of the stairs] or should it go back ten steps?”
  10. Then Hez·e·kiʹah[c] said: “It is an easy thing for the shadow to extend itself ten steps,29 but not that the shadow should go backward ten steps.”
  11. At that Isaiah the prophet began to call out to Jehovah; and he made the shadow that had gone down gradually go back on the steps, that is, on the steps [of the stairs] of Aʹhaz, ten steps backward.30
  12. ¶ At that time Be·roʹdach-balʹa·dan31 the son of Balʹa·dan the king of Babylon[d]32 sent letters33 and a gift to Hez·e·kiʹah;[e] for he had heard that Hez·e·kiʹah had been sick.
  13. And Hez·e·kiʹah proceeded to listen to them[f] and show them all his treasure-house,34 the silver and the gold35 and the balsam oil36 and the good oil and his armory and all that was to be found in his treasures. There proved to be nothing that Hez·e·kiʹah did not show them in his own house and in all his dominion.37
  14. ¶ After that Isaiah the prophet came in to King Hez·e·kiʹah and said to him:38 “What did these men say and from where did they proceed to come to you?”39 So Hez·e·kiʹah said: “From a distant land they came, from Babylon.”
  15. And he went on to say: “What did they see in your house?” To this Hez·e·kiʹah said: “Everything that is in my house they saw. There proved to be nothing that I did not show them in my treasures.”40
  16. ¶ Isaiah now said to Hez·e·kiʹah: “Hear the word of Jehovah,41
  17. ‘“Look! Days are coming, and all that is in your own house42 and that your forefathers have stored up down to this day will actually be carried to Babylon.43 Nothing will be left,”44 Jehovah has said.
  18. “And some of your own sons that will come forth from you to whom you will become father will themselves be taken45 and actually become court officials46 in the palace[g] of the king of Babylon.”’”47
  19. ¶ At that Hez·e·kiʹah said to Isaiah: “The word of Jehovah that you have spoken is good.”48 And he went on to say: “Is it not so, if peace and truth49 themselves will continue in my own days?”50
  20. ¶ As for the rest of the affairs of Hez·e·kiʹah and all his mightiness and how he made the pool51 and the conduit52 and then brought the water into the city, are they not written in the book53 of the affairs of the days of the kings of Judah?
  21. Finally Hez·e·kiʹah lay down with his forefathers;54 and Ma·nasʹseh55 his son began to reign in place of him.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit., “with a great weeping.”
  2. ^ “Court,” MmarginLXXSyVg; M, “city.”
  3. ^ Meaning “Jehovah Strengthens.” Heb., Yechiz·qi·yaʹhu. Compare 16:20 ftn.
  4. ^ “The king of Babylon,” LXX; Heb., me·lekh-Ba·velʹ, “the king of Babel”; Lat., rex Ba·by·lo·ni·oʹrum, “the king of the Babylonians.” The first occurrence of this expression.
  5. ^ “Hezekiah.” Heb., Chiz·qi·yaʹhu, the same spelling as in 16:20.
  6. ^ “Listen to them,” M; LXXSyVg and Isa 39:2, “rejoice over them.”
  7. ^ “In the palace of.” Heb., beheh·khalʹ, “in the habitation (dwelling; temple) of”; Lat., pa·laʹti·o. Compare 1Sa 1:9 ftn, “Temple”; Mt 23:16 ftn.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Ch 32:24
  2. ^ 2Ki 19:2
  3. ^ 2Sa 17:23
  4. ^ Is 38:1
  5. ^ Mt 23:12
  6. ^ Ps 50:15; 116:2; Is 38:2; Mt 6:6; Pp 4:6
  7. ^ Ps 25:7; 119:49; Heb 6:10
  8. ^ Ge 17:1; 1Ki 2:4; 3:6; Lu 1:6
  9. ^ Ps 145:18; Jn 4:24
  10. ^ 2Ch 31:21; Ps 119:4
  11. ^ 2Ch 31:20
  12. ^ 2Sa 12:22; Is 38:3
  13. ^ Is 38:4
  14. ^ 1Sa 9:16; 10:1; 2Sa 5:2
  15. ^ Mt 22:32
  16. ^ Ps 65:2; 66:19
  17. ^ 2Ki 20:2
  18. ^ Jb 16:16; Ps 39:12; 126:5
  19. ^ 2Ch 7:14
  20. ^ De 32:39; Ps 41:3; 103:3; 147:3
  21. ^ Ps 66:13; 116:14; 121:1
  22. ^ 2Ch 32:22; Is 10:24; 38:6
  23. ^ 2Ki 19:34; Is 37:35
  24. ^ 1Sa 25:18; 30:12; 1Ch 12:40
  25. ^ Jb 2:7
  26. ^ Is 38:21
  27. ^ Jg 6:17; Is 7:11; 38:22
  28. ^ Is 38:7
  29. ^ Mr 10:27
  30. ^ Jos 10:12; 2Ch 32:31; Is 38:8
  31. ^ Is 39:1
  32. ^ Ge 10:10; 11:9
  33. ^ 2Sa 10:2
  34. ^ 2Ch 32:27; Ps 49:6; Je 9:23; Jm 4:16
  35. ^ 1Ki 10:15
  36. ^ 1Ki 10:10; Je 46:11
  37. ^ Is 39:2
  38. ^ Is 39:3
  39. ^ Ps 141:5; Pr 25:12
  40. ^ Is 39:4
  41. ^ Is 39:5; 55:1
  42. ^ Pr 15:25
  43. ^ 2Ki 24:13; 25:13; 2Ch 36:18; Je 27:21; 52:17; Da 1:2
  44. ^ Is 39:6
  45. ^ De 28:49; 29:22; 2Ki 24:12; 25:6; 2Ch 33:11
  46. ^ Da 1:19; 2:49
  47. ^ Is 39:7
  48. ^ Ps 39:9; La 3:22, 39
  49. ^ Es 9:30; Ps 25:5; 38:3; 43:3; 86:11; Is 38:3
  50. ^ Is 39:8
  51. ^ Jn 9:11
  52. ^ 2Ch 32:30; Is 7:3
  53. ^ 1Ki 14:29; 2Ki 16:19
  54. ^ 1Ki 2:10; 2Ch 32:33
  55. ^ 2Ki 21:16; 23:26; 2Ch 33:11, 13

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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