2 Kings 20
- 1In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, The Lord says this, Set your house in order. For you shall die, and not live.
- 2Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying,
- 3I urge you, O Lord, remember now 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.
- 4Before Isaiah had gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
- 5Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, The Lord says this, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: I will heal you: on the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.
- 6And I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
- 7And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
- 8And Hezekiah said to 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?
- 9And Isaiah said, This sign shall you have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
- 10And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: no, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
- 11And Isaiah the prophet cried to the Lord: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
- 12At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah. For he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
- 13And Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, or in all his rule, that Hezekiah did not show them.
- 14Then Isaiah the prophet came to king Hezekiah, and said to him, What said these men? And from where did they come to you? And Hezekiah said, They have come from a far country, even from Babylon.
- 15And he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them.
- 16And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord.
- 17The days come, that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store to this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, says the Lord.
- 18And of your sons who shall issue from you, which you shall have, shall they take away. They shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
- 19Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which you have spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
- 20And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 21And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of 2 Kings 20 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVIn those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
GIGAKJVIn those days was Hezekiah sick to death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, The Lord says this, Set your house in order. For you shall die, and not live.
KJVThen he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying,
GIGAKJVThen he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying,
KJVI beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
GIGAKJVI urge you, O Lord, remember now 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.
KJVAnd it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
GIGAKJVBefore Isaiah had gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
KJVTurn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.
GIGAKJVTurn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, The Lord says this, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: I will heal you: on the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
KJVAnd 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?
GIGAKJVAnd Hezekiah said to 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?
KJVAnd 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?
GIGAKJVAnd Isaiah said, This sign shall you have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
KJVAnd Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
GIGAKJVAnd Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: no, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
KJVAnd Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
GIGAKJVAnd Isaiah the prophet cried to the Lord: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
KJVAt that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
GIGAKJVAt that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah. For he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
KJVAnd Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
GIGAKJVAnd Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, or in all his rule, that Hezekiah did not show them.
KJVThen came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.
GIGAKJVThen Isaiah the prophet came to king Hezekiah, and said to him, What said these men? And from where did they come to you? And Hezekiah said, They have come from a far country, even from Babylon.
KJVAnd he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
GIGAKJVAnd he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them.
KJVAnd Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord.
GIGAKJVAnd Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord.
KJVBehold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.
GIGAKJVThe days come, that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store to this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, says the Lord.
KJVAnd of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
GIGAKJVAnd of your sons who shall issue from you, which you shall have, shall they take away. They shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
KJVThen said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
GIGAKJVThen Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which you have spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
KJVAnd Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
GIGAKJVAnd Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
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