OET 2KI chapter 20

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20 By that time, King Hizkiyyah was terminally ill and Amots’s son the prophet Yeshayah (Isaiah) came to him and told him, “Yahweh says to get your affairs in order because you’re dying and won’t recover.”

2 But Hizkiyyah rolled over to face the wall and prayed to Yahweh, 3 “Oh Yahweh, please remember that I’ve served you faithfully, and done what you asked with total sincerity.” Then Hezekiah cried loudly.

4 As Yeshayah was leaving, Yahweh gave him this message before he’d even reached the middle courtyard, 5 “Go back and tell Hizkiyyah, the leader of my people, ‘Your ancestor David’s God Yahweh says that he’s heard your prayer and seen your tears. He’s decided to heal you and you’ll be well enough to go to the temple within three days. 6 He’s added fifteen years to your life, plus he’ll rescue you and this city from the Assyrian king. Yahweh will defend Yerushalem for his own sake and for the sake of his servant David.”

7 Then Yeshayah told them to bring some pressed figs, and they brought them and placed them on the sore, and Hizkiyyah started getting better.

8 Hezekiah asked Yeshayah, “What’s the sign that Yahweh will heal me and that I’ll be able to go to the temple on the third day?”

9 “Yes, Yahweh will give you a sign that he’ll do what he said,” Yeshayah replied. “Do you want the shadows to advance suddenly or go back?”

10 “It’s easy for the shadows go forward,” said Hizkiyyah. “So make them go backwards ten steps.”

11 So the prophet Yeshayah called to Yahweh, and he made the shadow go back on the steps made by King Ahaz—the shadow went ten steps backward.

20 in _the_days the_those Ḩizqiy^yāh he _became _sick at _the _point _of_death and_came to_him/it Yəshaˊ^yāh/(Isaiah) the _son _of ʼĀmōʦ the_prophet and_he/it _said to_him/it thus YHWH he _says command to_house _of_your if/because [are]_about _to _die you and_not you _will _live.
2 And_turned DOM his/its_faces/face to the_wall and_prayed to YHWH to_say.
3 Please Oh_YHWH remember please DOM how I _have _walked _about to_your_face in/on/at/with_faithfulness and_in/on/at/with_heart complete and_the_good in/on/at/with_sight _of_your I _have _done and_ Ḩizqiy^yāh _he _wept weeping great.
4 and_he/it _was Yəshaˊ^yāh not he _had _gone _out the[fn] the_middle and_word _of YHWH it _came to_him/it to_say.
5 Go _back and_say to Ḩizqiy^yāh the _ruler _of people _of_my thus YHWH he _says the _god _of Dāvid I _will _show_you(ms) I _have _heard DOM prayer _of_your I _have _seen DOM tears _of_your see_I [am]_about _to _heal to/for_you(fs) in _the_day the_third you _will _go _up the _house _of YHWH.
6 And_add to life _of_your fif- teen year[s] and_from_hand _of the _king _of ʼAshshūr deliver_you and_DOM the_city the_this and_defend (on) the_city the_this for _sake_my and_for _the _sake _of Dāvid servant _of_my.
7 And_ Yəshaˊ^yāh/(Isaiah) _he/it _said take a _cake _of figs and_they _took and_applied on the_boil and_recovered.
8 And_ Ḩizqiy^yāh _he/it _said to Yəshaˊ^yāh what [will _be _the]_sign (cmp) he _will _heal YHWH to_me and_go _up in _the_day the_third the _house _of YHWH.
9 And_ Yəshaˊ^yāh _he/it _said this to_you the_sign from YHWH (cmp) he _will _do YHWH DOM the_thing which he _has _spoken it _has _gone the_shadow ten steps or will _it _go _back ten steps.
10 And_ Ḩizqiy^yāh _he/it _said it _is _trifling for _the_shadow to_lengthen ten steps no if/because let _it _go _back the_shadow backwards ten steps.
11 And_ Yəshaˊ^yāh _he/it _called the_prophet to YHWH and_brought DOM the_shadow in/on/at/with_steps which it _had _gone _down in/on/at/with_stairway _of ʼĀḩāz backwards ten steps.

20:12 Hizkiyyah shows off his treasures

(Isa. 39:1-8)

12 At that time, Baladan’s son former King Berodak-Baladan of Babylon heard that Hizkiyyah was sick and sent him letters and a gift. 13 When the messengers arrived, Hizkiyyah listened to them, then he showed them his entire treasure house: the gold and silver, the spices and the best oil, the house of his armour, and everything that was in his treasuries. He didn’t keep anything in his palace or in his kingdom secret from them. 14 Later the prophet Yeshayah came to King Hezekiah and he asked him, “Where were those men from and what did they say?”

“They came from a distant land—from Babylon,” he replied.

15 “What did they see in your house?” Yeshayah asked.

“They saw everything that’s in my house,” he replied. “There wasn’t anything in my treasuries that I didn’t show them.”

16 Then Yeshayah told Hizkiyyah, “Listen to Yahweh’s message: 17 He says that days are coming when everything in your house, and everything that your ancestors stored carefully away until this day will be carried to Babylon. Nothing will be left behind.[ref] 18 What’s more, some of your own biological descendants will be taken and they’ll be castrated to become servants of the Babylonian king.”

19 “What you said from Yahweh is fine,” Hizkiyyah replied to Yeshayah. “At least I might have peace and stability in my time.”

12 in/on/at/with_time the_that Mərodak- he _sent Balʼₐdān the _son _of Balʼₐdān the _king _of Bāⱱel letters and_gift to Ḩizqiy^yāh if/because he _had _heard if/because _that he _had _been _sick Ḩizqiy^yāh.
13 And_he/it _listened about_them Ḩizqiy^yāh and_showed_them DOM all _of the _house _of treasure _of_his[fn] DOM the_silver and_DOM the_gold and_DOM the_spices and_DOM [the]_oil _of the_precious and_DOM the _house _of weapons _of_his and_DOM all _of that it _was _found in/on/at/with_treasuries _of_his not it _was anything which not show_them Ḩizqiy^yāh in/on/at/with_palace _of_his and_on/over_all realm _of_his.
14 And_ Yəshaˊ^yāh/(Isaiah) _came the_prophet to the_king Ḩizqiy^yāh and_he/it _said to_him/it what did _they _say the_men the_these and_from_where are _they _coming to_you and_ Ḩizqiy^yāh _he/it _said from_country distant they _have _come from_Bāⱱel.
15 And_he/it _said what did _they _see in/on/at/with_palace _of_your and_ Ḩizqiy^yāh _he/it _said DOM all _of that in/on/at/with_palace _of_my they _saw not anything it _was which not show_them in/on/at/with_treasuries _of_my.
16 And_ Yəshaˊ^yāh _he/it _said to Ḩizqiy^yāh hear the _word _of YHWH.
17 Here days [are]_coming and_carried _off all _of that in/on/at/with_palace _of_your and_which fathers _of_your they _have _stored _up until the_day the_this Bāⱱel_to not anything it _will _be _left YHWH he _says.
18 And_some _of_sons _of_your who they _will _come _forth from_you whom you _will _father people _will _take[fn][fn] and_they _will _be eunuchs in_(the)_palace of _the _king _of of _Bāⱱel.
19 And_ Ḩizqiy^yāh _he/it _said to Yəshaˊ^yāh [is]_good the _word _of YHWH which you _have _spoken and_he/it _said am_not if peace and_security it _will _be in/on/at/with_days _of_my.

20:20 Hizkiyyah’s death

(2 Chr. 32:32-33)

20 Everything else that Hizkiyyah said and did, including his making the pool and tunnel to bring water into the city, is written in the book of the events of the kings of Yehudah. 21 In due course, Hizkiyyah died and his son Menashsheh replaced him as king.

20:17: 2Ki 24:13; 2Ch 36:10.

20 And_rest _of the _matters _of Ḩizqiy^yāh and_all might _of_his and_which he _made DOM the_pool and_DOM the_conduit and_he/it _brought DOM the_waters the_city_into not [are]_they written on the _scroll _of the _matters _of the_days of_kings _of of _Yəhūdāh/(Judah).
21 And_ Ḩizqiy^yāh _slept with fathers _of_his and_ Mənashsheh _became _king son _of_his in _place_his.

20:4 Variant note: ה/עיר: (x-qere) ’חָצֵ֖ר’: lemma_2691 a n_1.0 morph_HNcbsa id_12kL7 חָצֵ֖ר

20:13 Note: We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.

20:18 Variant note: יקח: (x-qere) ’יִקָּ֑חוּ’: lemma_3947 n_1 morph_HVqi3mp id_12Uf2 יִקָּ֑חוּ

20:18 Note: Adaptations to a Qere which L and BHS, by their design, do not indicate.

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Prophets of the Old Testament after 800 B.C.

If you ask someone today what biblical prophets did, they will likely tell you that they divinely foretold of future events. While this was often the case, most prophets in the Bible focused as much on “forthtelling” God’s messages as they did on “foretelling” the future. That is, their primary role was to simply “forthtell” divinely acquired messages to leaders and groups of people, and at times that included foretelling of coming judgment, blessing, rescue, etc. Also, though plenty of prophets (sometimes called “seers” in Scripture) often spoke in confrontational or eccentric language that put them at odds with kings and religious leaders, the biblical writers also applied the term prophet to people who communicated God’s messages in ways that many readers today might not think of as prophecy, such as worship leaders appointed by David to “prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals” (1 Chronicles 25:1). Similarly, the books of Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings are typically categorized as history by Christians, but in the Hebrew canon they belong to the category of Former Prophets. The Lord raised up prophets throughout all of biblical history, from the giving of the law under Moses to the revelation of the last days by the apostle John, and the kings of Israel and Judah often recognized and supported specific people as official prophets of the royal court and consulted them to find out God’s perspective about official matters. Following is a list of nearly everyone designated as prophet or seer in the Old Testament and the primary area of their ministry.

• Zechariah (796 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 24:20] => Jerusalem
• Jonah (780 B.C.) [2 Kings 14:25; Jonah 1:1] => Gath-hepher, Nineveh
• Hosea (770 B.C.) [Hosea 1:1] => Samaria?
• Amos (760 B.C.) [Amos 1:1] => Bethel
• Isaiah (730 B.C.) [2 Kings 19:2; 20:1; 2 Chronicles 26:22; 32:20, 32; Isaiah 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Micah (730 B.C.) [Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 1:1] => Moresheth
• Nahum (650 B.C.) [Nahum 1:1] => Elkosh (Capernaum?)
• Zephaniah (630 B.C.) [Zephaniah 1:1] => Jerusalem?
• Huldah (630 B.C.) [2 Kings 22:14] => Jerusalem
• Habakkuk (600 B.C.) [Habakkuk 1:1; 3:1] => Jerusalem?
• Ezekiel (592 B.C.) [Ezekiel 1:3] => Babylonia/Chebar River
• Uriah (600 B.C.) [Jeremiah 26:20] => Kiriath-jearim
• Jeremiah (587 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 36:12; Jeremiah 1:1; 19:14] => Jerusalem
• Obadiah (586 B.C.) [Obadiah 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Daniel (560 B.C.) [Daniel 7:1; Matthew 24:15] => Babylon
• Haggai (520 B.C.) [Ezra 5:1; Haggai 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Zechariah (520 B.C.) [Ezra 5:1; Zechariah 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Malachi (432 B.C.) [Malachi 1:1] => Jerusalem?

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Prophets of the Old Testament after 800 B.C.

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