King James Version
2 Kings 20:8 in the King James Version says “And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house ...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Hezekiah said unto 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?”
2 Kings 20:8 · KJV
And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
And Hezekiah said unto 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?
And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
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“And Hezekiah”
H2396chizkijah, a king of judah, also the name of two other israelites
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“What shall be the sign”
H226a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“me and that I shall go up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“the third”
H7992third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
“into the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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