2 Kings 18:2-4

The Voice

² Hezekiah was 25 when he inherited the throne. His reign in Jerusalem lasted 29 years. His mother was Abi (Zechariah’s daughter). ³ He did what was good in the Eternal’s eyes, and he walked the same righteous path as his ancestor, David.

⁴ He tore down all of the wicked high places and demolished all the holy pillars and the sacred pole. He shattered the bronze serpent that Moses had crafted because the Israelites burned incense to honor it.^[a] The bronze serpent was named, “the bronze thing.”^[b]