2 Kings 20:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And 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?

What shall be

General references

Genesis 15:8

1 Kings 13:3

Bible References

What shall be

"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.

"This will serve as a sign for you: you'll eat this year from what grows by itself, in the second year what grows from that, and in the third year you'll sow, reap, plant vineyards, and enjoy their fruit.

So Gideon asked him, "Please, if I have received favor from you, then do a miracle for me that shows that you're making this promise to me.

"Ask a sign from the LORD your God. Make it as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven above."

Hezekiah also had asked, "What will be the sign for me to go up to the LORD's Temple?"

After two days, he will restore us to life, on the third day he will raise us up, and we will live in his presence.

General references

But he replied, "Lord GOD, how will I know that I will inherit it?"

Later that same day, he gave them a special display of power of what was to come when he said, "Here's proof that the LORD has decreed this: Look! This altar will be split apart and the ashes that are on it will spill out."