2 Kings 20:7-9

Good News Translation

⁷ Then Isaiah told the king's attendants to put on his boil a paste made of figs, and he would get well.^{[a] 8} King Hezekiah asked, “What is the sign to prove that the Lord will heal me and that three days later I will be able to go to the Temple?”

⁹ Isaiah replied, “The Lord will give you a sign to prove that he will keep his promise. Now, would you prefer to have the shadow on the stairway go forward ten steps or go back ten steps?”^[b]