2 Kings 18:3-5

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18 ^1-3New king of Judah: Hezekiah

Father’s name: Ahaz

His age at the beginning of his reign: 25 years old

Length of reign: 29 years, in Jerusalem

Mother’s name: Abi (daughter of Zechariah)

Character of his reign: good (similar to that of his ancestor David)

Reigning in Israel at that time: King Hoshea (son of Elah), who had been the king there for 3 years

⁴He removed the shrines on the hills, broke down the obelisks, knocked down the shameful idols of Asherah, and broke up the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because the people of Israel had begun to worship it by burning incense to it; even though, as King Hezekiah^[a] pointed out to them, it was merely a piece of bronze. ⁵He trusted very strongly in the Lord God of Israel. In fact, none of the kings before or after him were as close to God as he was.

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