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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?”[a]

10 Hezekiah answered, “It's easy to have the shadow go forward ten steps![b] Have it go back ten steps.”[c]

11 Isaiah prayed to the Lord, and the Lord made the shadow go back ten steps[d] on the stairway[e] set up by King Ahaz.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 20:9 stairway … steps … steps…; or sundial … degrees … degrees.
  2. 2 Kings 20:10 steps; or degrees.
  3. 2 Kings 20:10 steps; or degrees.
  4. 2 Kings 20:11 steps; or degrees.
  5. 2 Kings 20:11 stairway; or sundial. Archaeological evidence suggests that the stairway referred to in this passage was one specially constructed to tell time.

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