Holy Scripture

2 Kings 20:4

A church father on this verse
“Would you know the power of repentance? Would you understand this strong weapon of salvation and the might of confession? By confession Hezekiah routed 185,000 of the enemy. That was important, but it was little compared with what shall be told. The same king's repentance won the repeal of the sentence God had passed…”
Cyril of Jerusalem, 4th c. — Catechetical Lecture 2:15

Source: Septuagint

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4And Isaiah was in the middle court, and the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

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2And Hezekiah turned to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying,

3Lord, remember, I pray thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thine eyes. And Hezekiah wept with a great weeping.

— 2 Kings 20:4 —

5Turn back, and thou shalt say to Hezekiah the ruler of my people, Thus saith the Lord God of thy father David, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up to the house of the Lord.

6And I will add to thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

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