He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger. 6 He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced divination, sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists. 4 He built altars in the temple of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, вЂњIn Jerusalem I will put my Name.вЂќ 5 In the two courts of the temple of the Lord, he built altars to all the starry hosts. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them. 3 He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had destroyed he also erected altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done. 2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, following the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites. 2 Kings 21 NIV Manasseh King of Judah 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. And Manasseh his son succeeded him as king.

For he thought, вЂњWill there not be peace and security in my lifetime?вЂќ 20 As for the other events of HezekiahвЂ™s reign, all his achievements and how he made the pool and the tunnel by which he brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 21 Hezekiah rested with his ancestors. 18 And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.вЂќ 19 вЂњThe word of the Lord you have spoken is good,вЂќ Hezekiah replied.

вЂњThere is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.вЂќ 16 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, вЂњHear the word of the Lord: 17 The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your predecessors have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. вЂњThey came from Babylon.вЂќ 15 The prophet asked, вЂњWhat did they see in your palace?вЂќ вЂњThey saw everything in my palace,вЂќ Hezekiah said. 14 Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, вЂњWhat did those men say, and where did they come from?вЂќ вЂњFrom a distant land,вЂќ Hezekiah replied. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them. 13 Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his storehouses-the silver, the gold, the spices and the fine olive oil-his armory and everything found among his treasures. Envoys From Babylon 12 At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of HezekiahвЂ™s illness. вЂњRather, have it go back ten steps.вЂќ 11 Then the prophet Isaiah called on the Lord, and the Lord made the shadow go back the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz. 8 Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, вЂњWhat will be the sign that the Lord will heal me and that I will go up to the temple of the Lord on the third day from now?вЂќ 9 Isaiah answered, вЂњThis is the LordвЂ™s sign to you that the Lord will do what he has promised: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps?вЂќ 10 вЂњIt is a simple matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps,вЂќ said Hezekiah. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.вЂ™вЂќ 7 Then Isaiah said, вЂњPrepare a poultice of figs.вЂќ They did so and applied it to the boil, and he recovered. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord. 4 Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him: 5 вЂњGo back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, вЂThis is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears I will heal you. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, вЂњThis is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die you will not recover.вЂќ 2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, 3 вЂњRemember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.вЂќ And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

2 Kings 20 NIV HezekiahвЂ™s Illness 1 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death.

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