²³ Then Abraham drew near and said, ^(A)“Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? ²⁴ Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it? ²⁵ Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, ^(B)so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! ^(C)Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?” ²⁶ And the Lord said, ^(D)“If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

²⁷ Abraham answered and said, ^(E)“Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes. ²⁸ Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.” ²⁹ Again he spoke to him and said, “Suppose forty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of forty I will not do it.” ³⁰ Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there.” He answered, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.” ³¹ He said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it.” ³² Then he said, ^(F)“Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.”

¹⁷ Then ^(A)Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children.

² Then ^(A)the people cried out to Moses, ^(B)and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire died down.

⁶ And the king said to the man of God, ^(A)“Entreat now the favour of the Lord your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” And the man of God entreated the Lord, and the king's hand was restored to him and became as it was before.

²² And the Lord listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again, and ^(A)he revived.

³³ So he went in and ^(A)shut the door behind the two of them ^(B)and prayed to the Lord.

¹⁵ And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said: “O Lord, the God of Israel, ^(A)enthroned above the cherubim, ^(B)you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. ^16 (C)Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear; ^(D)open your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent ^(E)to mock the living God. ¹⁷ Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands ¹⁸ and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, ^(F)but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed. ¹⁹ So now, O Lord our God, save us, please, from his hand, ^(G)that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that ^(H)you, O Lord, are God alone.”

Isaiah Prophesies Sennacherib's Fall

²⁰ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Your prayer to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria ^(I)I have heard.

² Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying, ³ “Now, O Lord, ^(A)please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and ^(B)with a whole heart, ^(C)and have done what is good in your sight.” ^(D)And Hezekiah wept bitterly. ⁴ And before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him: ⁵ “Turn back, and say to Hezekiah ^(E)the leader of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: ^(F)I have heard your prayer; ^(G)I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord,

⁸ Now therefore take ^(A)seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and ^(B)offer up a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job shall ^(C)pray for you, for I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.”