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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Isaiah 38:1 → 2 Chronicles 32:24

Quotation

Later text

Isaiah 38:1BSB

In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, "This is what the LORD says: 'Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.'"

Earlier text

2 Chronicles 32:24BSB

In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.

Significance

Isaiah 38:1 provides a detailed narrative of Hezekiah's illness, including the full text of his prayer, his recovery, and the sign of the sundial (38:1-20). The Chronicler's parallel in 2 Chronicles 32:24 compresses this entire episode into a single verse: "In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign." The Chronicler then immediately pivots to Hezekiah's pride and the consequences for Judah (32:25-26), interpreting the illness as a test of character. Isaiah's longer account preserves Hezekiah's psalm of thanksgiving (38:9-20), absent from Chronicles, which gives the personal, devotional dimension of the experience.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Redemptive-Historical Progression — parallel accounts of one event in the history of David's house: Isaiah narrates Hezekiah's illness, prayer, sign, and psalm in full, while the Chronicler compresses the episode to a single verse en route to his pride-and-humbling interpretation (32:25-26); two canonical placements of the same royal deliverance, each carrying forward the unfolding account of God's dealings with the Davidic king.