2 verses in Isa 38 are out of sequence

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PIK
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2 verses in Isa 38 are out of sequence

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Find attached of a fairly self-explanatory picture. In Isa 38, verses 21 and 22 follow verse 6, then resumes with v 7
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Re: 2 verses in Isa 38 are out of sequence

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The reason is explained in the footnote?

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Re: 2 verses in Isa 38 are out of sequence

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Got it sorted... It seems that some translators, in a bid to make the text of Isa 38 harmonize with the parallel account in 2 Kings, insert those two verses where it mirrors the flow of 2Kings... mea culpa

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