FOOTNOTES:
[351:1] Revised and reprinted from the Sunday at Home for February and March, 1904.
[372:1] Marcel Dieulafoy, David the King: an Historical Enquiry, pp. 155-175.
CHAPTER II
THE DIAL OF AHAZ
The second astronomical marvel recorded in the Scripture narrative is the going back of the shadow on the dial of Ahaz, at the time of Hezekiah's recovery, from his dangerous illness.
It was shortly after the deliverance of the kingdom of Judah from the danger threatened it by Sennacherib king of Assyria, that Hezekiah fell "sick unto death." But in answer to his prayer, Isaiah was sent to tell him—