2 Kings 20:1-21 NCV

[1] At that time Hezekiah became so sick he almost died. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to see him and told him, "This is what the LORD says: Make arrangements because you are not going to live, but die." [2] Hezekiah turned toward the wall and prayed to the LORD, [3] "LORD, please remember that I have always obeyed you. I have given myself completely to you and have done what you said was right." Then Hezekiah cried loudly. [4] Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, the LORD spoke his word to Isaiah: [5] "Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people: 'This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears, so I will heal you. Three days from now you will go up to the Temple of the LORD. [6] I will add fifteen years to your life. I will save you and this city from the king of Assyria; I will protect the city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.'" [7] Then Isaiah said, "Make a paste from figs." So they made it and put it on Hezekiah's boil, and he got well. [8] Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, "What 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?" [9] Isaiah said, "The LORD will do what he says. This is the sign from the LORD to show you: Do you want the shadow to go forward ten steps or back ten steps?" [10] Hezekiah answered, "It's easy for the shadow to go forward ten steps. Instead, let it go back ten steps." [11] Then Isaiah the prophet called to the LORD, and the LORD brought the shadow ten steps back up the stairway of Ahaz that it had gone down. [12] At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan was king of Babylon. He sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, because he had heard that Hezekiah was sick. [13] Hezekiah listened to the messengers, so he showed them what was in his storehouses: the silver, gold, spices, expensive perfumes, his swords and shields, and all his wealth. He showed them everything in his palace and his kingdom. [14] Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked him, "What did these men say? Where did they come from?" Hezekiah said, "They came from a faraway country-from Babylon." [15] So Isaiah asked him, "What did they see in your palace?" Hezekiah said, "They saw everything in my palace. I showed them all my wealth." [16] Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Listen to the words of the LORD: [17] 'In the future everything in your palace and everything your ancestors have stored up until this day will be taken away to Babylon. Nothing will be left,' says the LORD. [18] 'Some of your own children, those who will be born to you, will be taken away. And they will become servants in the palace of the king of Babylon.'" [19] Hezekiah told Isaiah, "These words from the LORD are good." He said this because he thought, "There will be peace and security in my lifetime." [20] Everything else Hezekiah did-all his victories, his work on the pool, his work on the tunnel to bring water into the city-is written in the book of the history of the kings of Judah. [21] Then Hezekiah died, and his son Manasseh became king in his place.