2
He was twenty-five*yearsold when he becameking, and he reignedtwenty-nine*years in Jerusalem; and his mother'sname was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.
4
He removed the highplaces and brokedown the sacred pillars and cutdown the Asherah. He also broke in pieces the bronzeserpent that Moses had made, for untilthosedays the sons of Israelburnedincense to it; and it was calledNehushtan.
5
He trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel; so that after him there was nonelike him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before him.