📖WEB · 2 Kings 20:1

What does 2 Kings 20:1 mean?

"In those days Hezekiah was sick and dying. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Set your house in order; for you will die, and not live.’”"

— 2 Kings 20:1 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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In those days Hezekiah was sick and dying. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Set your house in order; for you will die, and not live.’”

2

Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Yahweh, saying,

3

“Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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Before Isaiah had gone out into the middle part of the city, Yahweh’s word came to him, saying,

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