10/31/2006

Hezekiah's miraculous sign

2 Chronicles 32:31 - But when envoys were sent by the rulers of Babylon to ask him about the miraculous sign that had occurred in the land, God left him to test him and to know everything that was in his heart.

This must be a reference to the shadow moving backward 10 steps on the stairway of Ahaz. (cf 2 Kings 20:11) The Babylonians had also heard about Hezekiah's illness, and we know the two events are connected. I wonder if the Babylonians knew they were connected. I wonder what made them think that Hezekiah or someone under his rule would know what caused the sun to move backwards.

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