2 Kings 20:7
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And Isaias said: Bring me a lump of figs. And when they had brought it, and laid it upon his boil, he was healed.

Take a lump.

2 Kings 2:20-22 And he said: Bring me a new vessel, and put salt into it. And when they had brought it, . . .

2 Kings 4:41 But he said: Bring some meal. And when they had brought it, he cast it into the pot, and said: Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was now no bitterness in the pot.

Isaiah 38:21 Now Isaiah had ordered that they should take a lump of figs, and lay it as a plaster upon the wound, and that he should be healed.

the boil.

Job 2:7 So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with a very grievous ulcer, from the sole of the foot even to the top of his head:

. A poultice of figs might be very proper to maturate a boil, or dismiss any obstinate inflammatory swelling; but we need not discuss its propriety in this case, because it was as much the means which God chose to bless for his recovery, as the clay which Christ moistened to anoint the eyes of the blind man; for in both cases, without Divine interposition the cure could not have been effected.

Context
Hezekiah's Illness and Recovery
6And I will add to thy days fifteen years: and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will protect this city for my own sake, and for David, my servant's sake. 7And Isaias said: Bring me a lump of figs. And when they had brought it, and laid it upon his boil, he was healed.8And Ezechias had said to Isaias: What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I will go up to the temple of the Lord the third day?…
Cross References
2 Kings 20:6
And I will add to thy days fifteen years: and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will protect this city for my own sake, and for David, my servant's sake.

2 Kings 20:8
And Ezechias had said to Isaias: What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I will go up to the temple of the Lord the third day?

Isaiah 38:21
Now Isaiah had ordered that they should take a lump of figs, and lay it as a plaster upon the wound, and that he should be healed.

Lexicon
Then Isaiah
יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּ (yə·ša‘·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3470: Isaiah -- 'salvation of Yah', four Israelites

said,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Prepare
קְח֖וּ (qə·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

a poultice
דְּבֶ֣לֶת (də·ḇe·leṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1690: A lump (of pressed figs), a pressed (fig) cake

of figs.”
תְּאֵנִ֑ים (tə·’ê·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8384: Of foreign derivation, the fig

So they brought it
וַיִּקְח֛וּ (way·yiq·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

and applied
וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ (way·yā·śî·mū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

it to
עַֽל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the boil,
הַשְּׁחִ֖ין (haš·šə·ḥîn)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7822: Inflammation, an ulcer

and he recovered.
וַיֶּֽחִי׃ (way·ye·ḥî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2421: To live, to revive


Additional Translations
Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and he recovered.And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

And he said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it upon the ulcer, and he shall be well.

And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs." They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

And Isaiah saith, 'Take ye a cake of figs;' and they take and lay it on the boil, and he reviveth.
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