The Bible in Its Traditions

2 Kings 20:8–11

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And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah: 'What shall be the sign that YHWH will heal me, and that I shall go up unto the house of the YHWH the third day?'

And Ezekias said to Esaias, What is the sign that the Lord will heal me, and I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?

But Hezekiah had said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I will ascend to the temple of the Lord on the third day?”

And Isaiah said: 'This shall be the sign unto thee from YHWH, that the YHWH will do the thing that He hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?

And Esaias said, This is the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will perform the word which he has spoken, the shadow of the dial shall advance ten degrees: or if it should go back ten degrees this would also be the sign.

And Isaiah said to him: “This will be the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will do the word that he has spoken: Do you wish that the shadow may ascend ten lines, or that it may turn back for the same number of degrees?”

10  And Hezekiah answered: 'It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten degrees; nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.'

10  And Ezekias said, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return ten degrees backward on the dial.

10  And Hezekiah said: “It is an easy for the shadow to increase for ten lines. And so I do not wish that this be done. Instead, let it turn back for ten degrees.”

11  And Isaiah the prophet cried unto YHWH; and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.

11  And Esaias the prophet cried to the Lord: and the shadow returned back ten degrees on the dial.

11  And so the prophet Isaiah called upon the Lord. And he led back the shadow, along the lines by which it had already descended on the sundial of Ahaz, in reverse for ten degrees.