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2 Kings 20:1

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am 3291, bc 713

was Hezekiah: 2 Chronicles 32:24-26; Isaiah 38:1-20; John 11:1-5; Philippians 2:27, Philippians 2:30

the prophet: 2 Kings 19:2, 2 Kings 19:20

Set thine house in order: Heb. Give charge concerning thine house, 2 Samuel 17:23; Isaiah 38:1 *marg.

thou shalt die: Jeremiah 18:7-10; Jonah 3:4-10

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