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BrLXXἘν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἠῤῥώστησεν Ἐζεκίας ἕως θανάτου, καὶ προσηύξατο πρὸς Κύριον· καὶ ἐπήκουσεν αὐτῷ, καὶ σημεῖον ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ. (En tais haʸmerais ekeinais aʸɽɽōstaʸsen Ezekias heōs thanatou, kai prosaʸuxato pros Kurion; kai epaʸkousen autōi, kai saʸmeion edōken autōi. )
BrTrIn those days Ezekias was sick even to death, and prayed to the Lord: and he hearkened to him, and gave him a sign.
ULTIn those days Hezekiah was sick unto death. And he prayed to Yahweh, and he spoke to him. And a sign he gave to him.
USTAbout that time, Hezekiah became very ill. He thought that he was about to die. But he prayed to Yahweh, and Yahweh answered him. He performed a miracle and healed Hezekiah.
BSB § In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.
NETIn those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. He prayed to the Lord, who answered him and gave him a sign confirming that he would be healed.
LSVIn those days Hezekiah has been sick even to death, and he prays to YHWH, and He speaks to him and has appointed a wonder for him;
FBVAround that time Hezekiah fell sick and was about to die. So he prayed to the Lord, who replied by healing him and giving him a miraculous sign.[fn]
32:24The sundial shadow moving backwards, see 2 Kings 20:8-11.
T4TAbout that time, Hezekiah became very ill. He was about to die. But he prayed to Yahweh, and Yahweh answered his prayer. He performed a miracle and healed Hezekiah.
LEBIn those days Hezekiah fell ill unto death, and he prayed to Yahweh. And he answered him and gave him a sign.
BBEIn those days Hezekiah was ill and near death; and he made prayer to the Lord, and the Lord in answer gave him a sign.
KJB-1611¶ [fn][fn]In those dayes Hezekiah was sicke to the death, and prayed vnto the LORD: and he spake vnto him, and he gaue him a signe. (¶ In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a signe.)
BshpsIn those dayes Hezekia was sicke to the death, and prayed vnto the Lorde: which aunswered him, and shewed him a wonderfull miracle. (In those days Hezekia was sick to the death, and prayed unto the Lord: which answered him, and showed him a wonderful miracle.)
GnvaIn those dayes Hezekiah was sicke vnto the death, and prayed vnto the Lord, who spake vnto him, and gaue him a signe. (In those days Hezekiah was sick unto the death, and prayed unto the Lord, who spake unto him, and gave him a signe. )
CvdlAt ye same tyme was Ezechias deedsicke, and he prayed vnto the LORDE, which made him promes, and gaue him a wondertoken. (At ye/you_all same time was Ezechias deadsicke, and he prayed unto the LORD, which made him promes, and gave him a wondertoken.)
WyclIn tho daies Ezechie was sijk `til to the deth, and he preiede the Lord; and he herde hym, and yaf to hym a signe; (In those days Ezechie was sick `til to the death, and he prayed the Lord; and he heard him, and gave to him a signe;)
LuthZu der Zeit ward Hiskia todkrank; und er bat den HErr’s. Der redete ihm und gab ihm ein Wunder. (Zu the/of_the time what/which Hiskia todkrank; and he bat the LORD’s. The talked him and gave him a Wunder.)
ClVgIn diebus illis ægrotavit Ezechias usque ad mortem, et oravit Dominum: exaudivitque eum, et dedit ei signum. (In days illis ægrotavit Ezechias until to mortem, and oravit Dominum: exaudivitque him, and he_gave to_him signum. )
(Some words not found in UHB: in_the=days the=those became_sick Ḩizqiyyāh until at_the_point_of,death and,prayed to/towards YHWH and=he/it_said to=him/it and,sign he/it_gave to=him/it )
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “that he would heal Hezekiah”
The harrowing experience of the attack on Judah by King Sennacherib of Assyria during Hezekiah’s reign is recorded by three different writers of Scripture and even by Sennacherib himself. Many scholars also suspect that this event formed the basis for Herodotus’s story regarding an army of mice eating the bow strings of the Assyrian army during their campaign against the Egyptians (Histories, 2.141). The origins of this event stretch back into the reign of Hezekiah’s father Ahaz, who enticed the Assyrians to attack Israel and Aram in exchange for making Judah a vassal of Assyria (2 Kings 16-17; 2 Chronicles 28; Isaiah 7-8; also see “The Final Days of the Northern Kingdom of Israel” map). Judah continued to be a vassal of Assyria through the early part of Hezekiah’s reign, but Hezekiah also quietly made extensive preparations to throw off the yoke of Assyria one day (2 Kings 18:1-12; 1 Chronicles 4:39-43; 2 Chronicles 29-31; also see “Hezekiah Strengthens Judah” map). Hezekiah also appears to have been hoping for support from Babylon and Egypt regarding his efforts to revolt against Assyria’s rule, but the prophet Isaiah warned Judah against placing their hopes in these foreign powers (Isaiah 30:1-5; 31:1-3; 39:1-8; 40:10-15; 2 Kings 20:12-19). After a few years spent quashing rebellion among the Babylonians, the Kassites, and the Medes in the east, Sennacherib turned his sights westward and began a campaign to subdue the various vassal nations that were refusing to submit to Assyria’s rule any longer. He first reconquered the Phoenician cities of Sidon and Tyre and then moved south to Philistia. He subdued Joppa, Beth-dagon, Bene-berak, and Azor and then moved to capture the cities of the Shephelah, which guarded the entrances to the valleys leading into the central hill country of Judah. While Sennacherib was attacking Lachish he sent his officers to demand Hezekiah’s surrender. This may be the Assyrian advance upon Jerusalem from the north described in Isaiah 10:28-32, but this is not certain (see “Assyria Advances on Jerusalem” map). Hezekiah sent officers back to Sennacherib with gold and silver taken from Temple and the royal treasury, but he would not surrender. The officers then traveled to Libnah to meet with Sennacherib, for he gone to fight there by that time. In the meantime King Tirhakah of Cush, who was ruling over Egypt at this time, came to attack Sennacherib, so Sennacherib sent his officials back to Hezekiah with a message that Jerusalem would be taken if he resisted. Hezekiah laid the letter from the officials before the Lord and prayed, and the Lord sent word through the prophet Isaiah that Jerusalem would not be taken. Then that very night the angel of the Lord killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers (probably those with Sennacherib fighting the Egyptians), and Sennacherib went back to Assyria. There while he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch, Sennacherib’s sons killed him and fled to Ararat (see “Ararat” map).
