2 Kings 20:8 (DRB)

Passage

And Ezechias had said to Isaias: What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I will go up to the temple of the Lord the third day?

Nearby Context

2 Kings 20:6 And 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 protect this city for my own sake, and for David, my servant's sake.

2 Kings 20:7 And Isaias said: Bring me a lump of figs. And when they had brought it, and laid it upon his boil, he was healed.

2 Kings 20:8 And Ezechias had said to Isaias: What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I will go up to the temple of the Lord the third day?

2 Kings 20:9 And Isaias said to him: This shall be the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will do the word which he hath spoken: Wilt thou that the shadow go forward ten lines, or that it go back so many degrees?

2 Kings 20:10 And Ezechias said: It is an easy matter for the shadow to go forward ten lines: and I do not desire that this be done, but let it return back ten degrees.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "ezechias", "said", "isaias", "shall", "sign", "lord", "heal", and "temple". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "ezechias" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "And Isaias said Bring me a lump..." into verse 9's "And Isaias said to him This shall...", so "ezechias" and "said" belong inside that flow. In 2 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "ezechias" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.