Isaiah 38:1

The Lord Hears Hezekiah’s Prayer

38:1 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. ¹  The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Give instructions to your household, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’”

Isaiah 38:5

38:5 “Go and tell Hezekiah: ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor ²  David says: “I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will add fifteen years to your life,

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¹ tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying”; NRSV “became sick and was at the point of death.”

² tn Heb “father” (so KJV, NAB, NIV).