Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 99:2

אמרו לו לרבי עקיבא הרי הוא אומר והוספתי על ימיך חמש עשרה שנה אמר להם משלו הוסיפו לו תדע שהרי נביא עומד ומתנבא (מלכים א יג, ב) הנה בן נולד לבית דוד יאשיהו שמו ועדיין לא נולד מנשה

And I will add unto your days fifteen years!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Emphasis on add. ');">⁴</span> He replied: The addition was made of his own,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Years which were originally allotted to him and then curtailed. ');">⁵</span> You may know [that this is so]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the years added were only those allotted to Hezekiah at his birth and reduced at his illness. ');">⁶</span>

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