20During this time, Hezekiah became sick with a fatal illness, so Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, approached him and told him, "This is what the Lord says: 'Put your household in order, because you are dying. You will not survive.'"H3117H2396H2470H4191H5030H3470H1121H531H935H559H559H3068H1004H6680H4191H24212So Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord.H5437H6440H7023H6419H3068H5593"Remember me, Lord," he said, "how I have walked in your presence with integrity, with an undivided heart, and I have accomplished what is good in your sight." And Hezekiah wept deeply.H577H3068H2142H1980H6440H571H8003H3824H6213H2896H5869H2396H1058H1065H14194Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him.H3470H3318H8484H2691H5892H1697H3068H5595"Return to Hezekiah," he said, "and tell the commander-in-chief of my people: 'This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: "I've heard your prayer and I've observed your tears. Look! I'm healing you. Three days from now you'll go visit the Lord's temple.H7725H559H2396H5057H5971H559H3068H430H1732H1H8085H8605H7200H1832H7495H7992H3117H5927H1004H30686Furthermore, I'll add fifteen years to your life. I'll deliver you and this city from domination by the king of Assyria, and I'll defend this city for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David."'"H3254H3117H2568H6240H8141H5337H5892H3709H4428H804H1598H5892H5650H17327Isaiah said, "Take a fig cake." So some attendants took it, laid it on Hezekiah's boil, and he recovered.H3470H559H3947H1690H8384H3947H7760H7822H24218Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, "What is to be the sign that the Lord is healing me and that I'll be going up to the Lord's temple three days from now?"H2396H559H3470H226H3068H7495H5927H1004H3068H7992H31179So Isaiah replied, "This will be your sign from the Lord that the Lord will do what he has promised. Shall the shadow go forward ten steps or go back ten steps?"H3470H559H226H3068H3068H6213H1697H1696H6738H1980H6235H4609H7725H6235H460910Hezekiah answered, "It's an easy thing for a shadow to lengthen ten steps. So let the shadow go backward ten steps."H3169H559H7043H6738H5186H6235H4609H6738H7725H322H6235H460911So Isaiah cried out to the Lord, who brought the shadow back ten steps after it had gone down the stairway of Ahaz.H3470H5030H7121H3068H7725H6738H6235H4609H322H4609H3381H4609H27112Some time later, Berodach-baladan, the son of King Baladan of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, because he had heard that Hezekiah had been ill.H6256H1255H1121H1081H4428H894H7971H5612H4503H2396H8085H2396H247013Hezekiah listened to the entourage and showed them his entire treasury, including the silver, gold, spices, the precious oil, his armory, and everything that was inventoried in his treasuries. There was nothing in his household or in his holdings that Hezekiah did not show them.H2396H8085H7200H1004H5238H3701H2091H1314H2896H8081H1004H3627H4672H214H1697H1004H4475H2396H720014Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and asked him, "What did these men have to say, and where did they come from?" Hezekiah replied, "They came from a country far away - from Babylon."H935H3470H5030H4428H2396H559H559H582H370H935H2396H559H935H7350H776H89415He asked, "What did they see in your household?" Hezekiah answered, "They have seen everything. In my household there is nothing in my treasuries that I haven't shown them."H559H7200H1004H2396H559H1004H7200H1697H214H720016Then Isaiah replied to Hezekiah, "Listen to the word of the Lord:H3470H559H2396H8085H1697H306817'Watch out! The days are coming when everything that's in your house - everything that your ancestors have saved up right to this day - will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left,' declares the Lord.H3117H935H1004H1H686H3117H5375H894H1697H3498H559H306818'Some of your descendants - your very own seed, whom you will father - will be carried away to become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.'"H1121H3318H3205H3947H5631H1964H4428H89419At this, Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, "What you've spoken from the Lord is good," because he had been thinking, "Why not, as long as there's peace and security in my lifetime…?"H559H2396H3470H2896H1697H3068H1696H559H7965H571H311720Now the rest of Hezekiah's actions, as well as his glorious deeds, including how he constructed the pool and the conduit to bring water into the city, are recorded in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, are they not?H3499H1697H2396H1369H6213H1295H8585H935H4325H5892H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H306321Hezekiah died, as did his ancestors, and his son Manasseh became king in his place.H2396H7901H1H4519H1121H4427