KJV ORIGINAL
And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Isaiah said, 'Get a lump of figs.' So they took the figs and placed them on the infected sore, and Hezekiah got better.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is showing how God used a simple remedy of figs to heal King Hezekiah's serious illness after Isaiah prayed for him.
📚 Historical Context
This verse describes the healing of King Hezekiah of Judah, who had become deathly ill with a boil or infected sore around 701 BC. The prophet Isaiah had initially told Hezekiah to prepare for death, but after the king prayed earnestly, God granted him 15 more years of life. Figs were commonly used as medicine in the ancient Near East for treating skin conditions and infections.
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