2 Kings 20:11
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.”
יָרַד
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
מַעֲלָה
steps
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מַעֲלָה
Steps, ascent, degrees. Mahalah. The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD. God orders every step. You are not stumbling through life. You are being led.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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עֶשֶׂר
ten
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עֶשֶׂר
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
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יְשַׁעְיָה
Isaiah
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יְשַׁעְיָה
Jeshajah, the name of seven Israelites
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