³ “Remember,^(A) Lord, how I have walked^(B) before you faithfully^(C) and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

²² Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and go and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy.

Remember^(A) me for this also, my God, and show mercy to me according to your great love.

³¹ I also made provision for contributions of wood^(A) at designated times, and for the firstfruits.^(B)

Remember^(C) me with favor, my God.

¹⁴ Remember^(A) me for this, my God, and do not blot out what I have so faithfully done for the house of my God and its services.

¹⁹ Remember^(A) me with favor, my God, for all I have done for these people.

³ He did what was right^(A) in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David^(B) had done. ⁴ He removed^(C) the high places,^(D) smashed the sacred stones^(E) and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake^(F) Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.^[a])

⁵ Hezekiah trusted^(G) 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. ⁶ He held fast^(H) to the Lord and did not stop following him; he kept the commands the Lord had given Moses.

²¹ His attendants asked him, “Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept,^(A) but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!”

²² He answered, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, ‘Who knows?^(B) The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.’^(C)

²¹ Dear friends,^(A) if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God^{(B) 22} and receive from him anything we ask,^(C) because we keep his commands^(D) and do what pleases him.^(E)