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Hezekiah began to reign
when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name
was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
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And he did
that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David, his father, had done.
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In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them.
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And he brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them together into the east plaza
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and said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and ye shall sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers and carry forth the filthiness out of the sanctuary.