"And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid {it} on the boil, and he recovered." — 2 Kings 20:7

2 Kings 20:7 · KJV

“And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid {it} on the boil, and he recovered.”

— 2 Kings 20:7

And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

Verse 8

And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What {shall be} the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?

2 Kings 20 — Context

Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.

And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid {it} on the boil, and he recovered.

And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What {shall be} the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?

And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?

Cross References

Isaiah 38:21

For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay {it} for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.

2 Kings 4:41

But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast {it} into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot. {harm: Heb. evil thing}

2 Kings 2:20-22

And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought {it} to him.

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