Hezekiah became seriously ill and Isaiah told him to put his house in order because he would not recover. Hezekiah wept in prayer to God reminding God of his faithfulness and wholehearted devotion to the Lord. So God sent Isaiah back to tell Hezekiah that he had heard his prayers and seen his tears and that he would heal him and add 15 years to his life. God gave a sign that all this would come to pass by moving the shadow backwards on the sundial!
At that time the son of the King of Babylon sent envoys with get-well wishes to Hezekiah and Hezekiah unwisely showed off all the vast wealth of his palace and kingdom to the envoys. Isaiah rebuked Hezekiah for this telling him that there would come a day when all this wealth would be carried off to Babylon as well as some of his descendants who would become eunuchs there. Finally then Hezekiah's life came to an end and he was succeeded by his son Manasseh as king of Judah.
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