# General Information:

The message from Yahweh to King Hezekiah through the prophet Isaiah continues.

# fifteen years

15 years (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# from the hand of the king of Assyria

"Hand" is metonymy for power, authority and control. AT: "from the control of the king of Assyria" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# lump of figs

"paste made of boiled figs"

# They did so and put it on his boil

"Hezekiah's servants did this and put the paste on Hezekiah's sore"