2 Kings 20:10
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 20:10 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 20:10 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backwar..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 20:10 — KJV
“And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.”
— 2 Kings 20:10 (KJV)
2 Kings 20:10 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 20:10
“Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. sun dial: Heb. degrees by, or, with the sun”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 20:10: shadow, down, ten
“And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. corrupted...: or, were corrupt ceased...: Heb. let nothing fall of their”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 20:10: thing, down, let
“And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 20:10: light, thing, down
“Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 20:10: thing, shadow, let
“And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 20:10: thing, down, let
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