Discovery Box2 Kings 15:5 
Context15:5 The Lord afflicted the king with an illness; he suffered from a skin disease 1 until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, 2 while his son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.
2 Kings 20:1
ContextHezekiah is Healed
20:1 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. 3 The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Give your household instructions, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’” 4
1 tn Traditionally, “he was a leper.” But see the note at 5:1.
2 tn The precise meaning of בֵית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhofÿshit), “house of […?],” is uncertain. For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.
3 tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying.”
4 tn Heb “will not live.”
