2 Kings 20:
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In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”
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Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
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“Remember, LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
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Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the LORD came to him:
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“Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the LORD.
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I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.’ ”
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Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” They did so and applied it to the boil, and he recovered.
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Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the temple of the LORD on the third day from now?”
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Isaiah answered, “This is the LORD’s sign to you that the LORD will do what he has promised: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps?”
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“It is a simple matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps,” said Hezekiah. “Rather, have it go back ten steps.”
But it gets worse. Joshua stopped the Earth in it's tracks for a whole day and there was no going backwards. It just slammed to a stop!
Joshua 10:
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On the day the LORD gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
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So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar. The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.
(Once the Earth stopped, I do wonder how the author could figure out it delayed sundown "about a full day."?)
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There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the LORD listened to a human being. Surely the LORD was fighting for Israel!
Surely...….
Of course, both of these accounts are cosmological nonsense. In those days it was assumed that it was the Sun that moved around the Earth. We know this is not so. So in reality it would be the Earth that would needs stop dead for a moment and then rotate backwards about 40 minutes into the past for Hezekiah or in the case of Joshua's "Long Day" simply stop for a whole day and evidently INSTANTLY!
But for the Earth to stop dead in it's rotation, well......
Any way you look at it, it spells disaster
http://thescienceexplorer.com/universe/what-would-happen-if-earth-stopped-spinning
"Have you ever wondered what would happen if the Earth stopped spinning? You can probably guess that it would not result in anything good, in fact, it would be disastrous. If the Earth stopped spinning suddenly, most people on Earth would die. If the Earth slowed down gradually, it would be absolutely devastating, but there is a chance some people could survive. Here is what would happen.
If Earth Suddenly Stopped Spinning
Our atmosphere is rotating at the same rate Earth is spinning: approximately 1050 miles per hour at the equator, with the speed decreasing the further north or south you go from the equator. The rotation is effectively zero at the north and south pole.
If the Earth suddenly stopped rotating, the atmosphere would still continue moving at 1050 miles per hour, and anything not attached to bedrock would be ripped off the surface of the planet. This includes rocks, trees, buildings, people — all thrown sideways at a speed of 1050 mph (at the equator). Could you imagine the oceans being pushed inland with that speed? Oceans would travel approximately 17 miles (28 kilometers) inland in just 60 seconds. Yikes. If you are undergound far enough, such as a subway, or at either pole, you might be okay.
If Earth Gradually Stopped Spinning
You may be thinking that, if Earth gradually stops spinning, we won’t be flung around like rag dolls and everything will be okay. Wrong! It would be a disaster.
Oceans
Our Earth is not a sphere; it is bulbous, meaning it bulges at the equator (Earth is 26 miles larger around the equator than it is from pole to pole), all thanks to its spinning motion. If the Earth gradually slowed, the bulging water from the oceans would begin to move away from the equator towards the poles. Once Earth stopped spinning completely, leaving it as a sphere, the oceans would flood most of Earth leaving one giant megacontinent around the middle of the planet.
Atmosphere
The atmosphere rotates in sync with the Earth, however with Earth’s rotation slowing, the atmosphere begins to follow the flow of the oceans toward the poles. This flow would eventually lead to air being thicker at the poles and thinner at the equator. There would exist only four spots around the mid-latitudes where humans could survive.
Geological Disturbances
Earth is comprised of three main layers — the core, the mantle and the crust. Since each layer is composed of different material, as the Earth’s rotation slows, each layer will slow at a different rate, creating massive friction between the layers. This friction would result in earthquakes where there had never been earthquakes before and enhanced volcanism, especially on the ocean floor. Once earth stopped spinning, the geological disturbances would decrease.
