2 Kings 20:5
Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.
Cross-reference
2 Kings 20:7 shows the immediate fulfillment of God’s promise — the fig poultice that healed Hezekiah.
In 2 Kings 20:8, Hezekiah responds to the healing promise by asking for a sign—the immediate narrative sequel to God's word.
2 Kings 19:20 is God's earlier response to Hezekiah's prayer about Sennacherib — showing a pattern of God hearing his prayers.
Deuteronomy 32:39 declares God wounds and heals — reinforcing His sole sovereignty over Hezekiah's healing.
Revelation 7:17 promises God will wipe away all tears eternally — Hezekiah’s temporal healing foreshadows this final comfort.
James 5:15 promises prayer of faith heals and forgives—mirroring Hezekiah's answered prayer that brought both healing and restored life.
Isaiah 38:22 records Hezekiah asking for a sign to confirm his temple visit—the same event from a parallel account.
Isaiah 38:5 records the same event of Hezekiah's healing — a parallel passage recounting God's response to his prayer.
Psalm 126:5 promises joy after tears — Hezekiah’s tears of illness turned to joy of healing.
Psalm 66:20 praises God for not turning away prayer — mirroring God’s response to Hezekiah in 2 Kings 20:5.
Psalm 66:19 echoes the assurance that God hears prayer — here applied to Hezekiah’s tears and petition.
Psalm 56:8 depicts God storing tears in a bottle — God saw Hezekiah’s tears and responded with healing.
1 Chronicles 17:2-4 parallels 2 Samuel 7—Nathan's initial yes then corrective word—matching the prophetic reversal pattern seen here.
2 Samuel 7:3-5 shows Nathan initially affirming David, then receiving a corrective word—mirroring Isaiah's reversal from death to healing.
Exodus 15:26 reveals God as 'the Lord who heals' — the same healing identity promised to Hezekiah.
Psalm 30:2 thanks God for healing after crying out, directly reflecting Hezekiah’s experience of being healed.
2 Chronicles 7:12 also records God saying 'I have heard your prayer' to Solomon, reiterating the same divine response.
1 Kings 9:3 has God telling Solomon 'I have heard your prayer,' the exact phrase used for Hezekiah here.
Psalm 39:12 pleads for God to hear tears — God answered that plea for Hezekiah in 2 Kings 20:5.
Luke 1:13 similarly records an angelic announcement that prayer is heard — here for John’s birth, as Hezekiah’s tears were heard.
1 Samuel 13:14 introduces David as a man after God's heart, the ancestor God addresses here, linking Hezekiah to the Davidic line.