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Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twentyyearsold, and he reignednine and twentyyears in Jerusalem. And his mother'sname 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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He in the firstyear of his reign, in the firstmonth,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 eaststreet,
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And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites,sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORDGod of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.
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For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.