2 Kings 18:1–8

Hezekiah Reigns in Judah

18Now it came to pass in the third year of ^aHoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that ^bHezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign. ²He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was ^cAbi ¹the daughter of Zechariah. ³And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done.

^4dHe removed the ²high places and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the ³wooden image and broke in pieces the ^ebronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and called it ⁴Nehushtan. ⁵He ^ftrusted in the Lord God of Israel, ^gso that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him. ⁶For he ^hheld fast to the Lord; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses. ⁷The Lord ⁱwas with him; he ^jprospered wherever he went. And he ^krebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. ^8lHe ⁵subdued the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory, ^mfrom watchtower to fortified city.