18In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah^p son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. ²He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years.^q His mother’s name was Abijah^a daughter of Zechariah. ³He did what was right^r in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David^s had done. ⁴He removed^t the high places,^u smashed the sacred stones^v and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake^w Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.^b)

⁵Hezekiah trusted^x in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him. ⁶He held fast^y to the Lord and did not stop following him; he kept the commands the Lord had given Moses. ⁷And the Lord was with him; he was successful^z in whatever he undertook. He rebelled^a against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. ⁸From watchtower to fortified city,^b he defeated the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory.

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Footnotes

aHebrew Abi, a variant of Abijah
bNehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and snake.

Cross references

p Isa 1:1; Hos 1:1; Mic 1:1
qver 13; Isa 38:5
rSee 1 Ki 14:8
s Isa 38:5
t 2 Ch 31:1; Isa 36:7
u 2 Ki 12:3; 21:3
vSee Ex 23:24
w Nu 21:9
xver 19; See 1 Sa 7:3; 2 Ki 19:10; Ps 21:7; 125:1; Pr 3:26
y Dt 10:20; See Dt 6:18
zSee Ge 39:3; See Job 22:25
a 2 Ki 24:1; Ezr 4:19; Isa 36:5
b 2 Ki 17:9