2 Kings 20:9

Good News Translation

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?”

Cross References

2 Kings 19:29

Then Isaiah said to King Hezekiah, “Here is a sign of what will happen. This year and next you will have only wild grain to eat, but the following year you will be able to plant your grain and harvest it, and plant vines and eat grapes.

2 Kings 20:10

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

2 Kings 20:8

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?”

Isaiah 38:1

About this time King Hezekiah became sick and almost died. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to see him and said to him, “The Lord tells you that you are to put everything in order because you will not recover. Get ready to die.”

Joshua 10:12

On the day that the Lord gave the men of Israel victory over the Amorites, Joshua spoke to the Lord. In the presence of the Israelites he said, “Sun, stand still over Gibeon; Moon, stop over Aijalon Valley.”

1 Samuel 14:10

But if they tell us to go to them, then we will, because that will be the sign that the Lord has given us victory over them.”