2Ki 20:9-11, Isa 38:8 | ESV | STEP | And Isaiah said , This shall be the sign to you from the Lord , that the Lord will do the thing that he has promised : shall the shadow go forward ten steps , or go back ten steps ?

2 Kings 20:9-11

9 And Isaiah said, “This shall be ^athe sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he has promised: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?” 10 And Hezekiah answered, “It is an easy thing for the shadow ^bto lengthen ten steps. Rather let the shadow go back ten steps.” 11 And Isaiah the prophet called to the Lord, ^cand he brought the shadow back ten steps, by which it had gone down on the steps of Ahaz.

Isaiah 38:8

8 ^dBehold, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps.” So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain}