1 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, [a] the daughter of Zechariah. 1
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Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
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And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.
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In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD.
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Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the square on the east side.
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“Listen to me, O Levites,” he said. “Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove from the Holy Place every impurity.