Words in italic type have been added for clarity. They are not found in the original Hebrew or Aramaic.

{1 of 2} II Kings 20 – “Stairway to Heaven!” [History]
{2 of 2} II Kings 20 – “Don’t Die Twice – It’s Alright” [Personal Application, Pattern of a Resurrection]

II Kings 20

Hezekiah’s Life Extended

II Kings 20:¹ In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ): ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die, and not live.’ ”

II Kings 20:² Then he turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ), saying,

II Kings 20:³ “Remember now, O Lord (Yᵊhōvâ), I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

• Remember O Lord! A cry for salvation from death.
• After almost dying just from the chemotherapy, then having my stomach totally removed, then returning a few days later for my intestines to be untwisted, then returning because I could not stop retching, I could only dry heave out but I could not inhale in for three days. I spoke with the Lord and asked if this was how I was going to die, in the sight of my daughter who was crying out that she wanted to take my place. Yes, I reminded God of my purpose and like David who also cried out asking God – who would praise His Holy Name if he were to go down to the pit (Ps 30:8-10)? The retching stopped and I came home. I remembered scripture and reminded God in the same way David and Hezekiah pleaded. God answered my prayer.

II Kings 20:⁴ And it happened, before Isaiah had gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) came to him, saying,

II Kings 20:⁵ “Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ), the God (‘ĕlōhîm) of David your father: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ).

• Three Days is Sacred: It is a time to separate:
  • The Holy from the unholy
  • The Clean from the unclean
  • The Uncommon from the common

• There is also a pattern: Hezekiah is dying. Now he is being told he will rise from his grave clothes after 3 days and go up to the house of the Lord, which is the temple. Likewise, Jesus rose from His grave clothes after 3 days to ascend to the temple in heaven and to the Father in order to receive a glorified body.

• Psalm 68:²⁰ Our God is the God of salvation; And to God the Lord belong escapes from death.

II Kings 20:⁶ And I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for My own sake, and for the sake of My servant David.” ’ ”

II Kings 20:⁷ Then Isaiah said, “Take a lump of figs.” So they took and laid it on the (unclean) boil, and he recovered.

• Figs and the Fig tree are symbolic of the land and God’s chosen people.

II Kings 20:⁸ And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What is the sign that the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) the third day?”

II Kings 20:⁹ Then Isaiah said, “This is the sign to you from the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ), that the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) will do the thing which He has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees or go backward ten degrees?”

II Kings 20:¹⁰ And Hezekiah answered, “It is an easy thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees (Lit. steps); no, but let the shadow go backward ten degrees.”

An outrageous request – and God answered. What is your outrageous request? Don’t wait to ask before your deathbed. Leave it up to God to say “yes” or “no”.

The Babylonian Envoys

II Kings 20:¹² At that time Berodach-Baladan (Merodach-Baladan, Is. 39:1) the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

• Babylon is symbolic for its globalism (the Tower of Babel) and idolatry.

II Kings 20:¹³ And Hezekiah was attentive to them, and showed them all the house of his treasures—the silver and gold, the spices and precious ointment, and all his armory (Lit. the house of his armor)—all that was found among his treasures. There was nothing in his house or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.

A Lack of Discretion is like being Naked. Discretion Covers and Protects.
It sets Boundaries the same way clothes, doors, fences and walls set boundaries.

Be Innocent as a Dove but Wise as a Serpent
(Matthew 10:16)

II Kings 20:¹⁴ Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?”

So Hezekiah said, “They came from a far country, from Babylon.”

II Kings 20:¹⁵ And he said, “What have they seen in your house?”

So Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.”

Keep your secret to yourself and be very careful, for you are always walking on dangerous ground. The world is dangerous and full of betrayal.

~By Ovat Friday BOS Inspirational Messages

Matthew 7:6 “Do not give what is holy to the dogs (gentiles); nor cast your pearls before swine (the unclean), lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.

Mark 7:36 Then He commanded them that they should tell no one; but the more He commanded them, the more widely they proclaimed it. Mark 8:30 Then He strictly warned them that they should tell no one about Him. Mark 9:9 Now as they came down from the mountain, He commanded them that they should tell no one the things they had seen, till the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

Indiscretion is the most subtle form of suicide.

II Kings 20:¹⁶ Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ):

II Kings 20:¹⁷ ‘Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,’ says the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ).

II Kings 20:¹⁸ ‘And they shall take away some of your sons who will descend from you (be born from), whom you will beget; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’ ”

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II Kings 20 {1 of 2} History
II Kings 20 {2 of 2} Personal Application

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