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11 And Isaiah the prophet cried to the Lord; and he brought the shadow back ten steps, by which the sun[a] had declined on the dial of Ahaz.

Envoys from Babylon

12 At that time Mero′dach-bal′adan the son of Bal′adan, king of Babylon, sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezeki′ah; for he heard that Hezeki′ah had been sick. 13 And Hezeki′ah welcomed them, and he showed them all his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his armory, all that was found in his storehouses; there was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezeki′ah did not show them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 20:11 Syr See Is 38.8 and Tg: Heb lacks the sun

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