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Hezekiah rules Judah as king

29 Hezekiah was 25 years old when he became king. He ruled Judah as king in Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother's name was Abijah. She was the daughter of Zechariah.[a] Hezekiah did things that the Lord said were good, as his ancestor King David had done.

The Levites make the temple a holy place again

In the first month of the year that Hezekiah became king, he opened the doors of the Lord's temple. He repaired the doors.

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Footnotes

  1. 29:1 Hezekiah became king when Ahaz died in about 715 BC.