Hezekiah Reigns over Judah

18 Now it happened ^(A)in the third year of Hoshea, the son of Elah king of Israel, that ^(B)Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah became king. ² He was ^(C)twenty-five years old when he became king; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah. ^3 (D)And he did what was right in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done. ^4 (E)He took away the high places and shattered the sacred pillars and cut down the ^[a]Asherah. And he broke in pieces ^(F)the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel were burning incense to it; and it was called ^[b]Nehushtan. ^5 (G)He trusted in Yahweh, the God of Israel; ^(H)so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before him. ⁶ So he ^(I)clung to Yahweh; he did not turn away from following Him, but kept His commandments, which Yahweh had commanded Moses.

Hezekiah Prospers

^7 (J)And Yahweh was with him; wherever he went he prospered. And ^(K)he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. ^8 (L)He struck the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from ^(M)watchtower to fortified city.