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; you must say to Hezekiah, the leader of my people, 'Thus says Yahweh the God of David your ancestor, "I have heard your prayer and I have seen your tears. Look, I [am about to] heal you. On the third day you shall go up [to] the temple of Yahweh.

" 'This will be the sign for you: Eat the volunteer plants for the year, and in the second year, the volunteer plants that spring up from that. But [in] the third year, sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

And he said to him, "Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, {show me a sign} that you [are] speaking with me.

"Ask for a sign for yourself from Yahweh God; make [it] deep [as] Sheol or make [it] high as above."

And Hezekiah said, "What [is the] sign that I shall go up [to] the temple of Yahweh?"

He will revive us after two days; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live in his presence.

General references

And he said, "O Yahweh God, how shall I know [that] I will possess it?"

He gave a sign on that day, saying, "This [is] the sign that Yahweh has predetermined: Look, [this] altar will be torn [apart], and the ashes that [are] on it will be poured out."