OET 2KI section

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20:1 Hizkiyyah’s sickness and recovery

(Isa. 38:1-8, 2 Chr. 32:24-26)

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 he _became _sick Ḩizqiy^yāh 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 he _says YHWH command to_house_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_your I _have _done and_he _wept Ḩizqiy^yāh 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 people_my thus he _says YHWH the _god of _Dāvid I _will _show_you(ms) I _have _heard DOM prayer_your I _have _seen DOM tears_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_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_my.
7 And_he/it _said Yəshaˊ^yāh/(Isaiah) take a _cake of _figs and_they _took and_applied on the_boil and_recovered.
8 And_he/it _said Ḩizqiy^yāh 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_he/it _said Yəshaˊ^yāh 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_he/it _said Ḩizqiy^yāh it _is _trifling for _the_shadow to_lengthen ten steps no if/because let _it _go _back the_shadow backwards ten steps.
11 And_he/it _called Yəshaˊ^yāh 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.

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

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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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Hizkiyyah’s sickness and recovery

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