(A)And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done. (B)He removed the high places and broke the (C)pillars and cut down (D)the Asherah. And he broke in pieces (E)the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it (it was called Nehushtan).[a] (F)He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel, (G)so that there was none like him among all the kings of Judah after him, nor among those who were before him.

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  1. 2 Kings 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and serpent

He did what was right(A) in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David(B) had done. He removed(C) the high places,(D) smashed the sacred stones(E) and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake(F) Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.[a])

Hezekiah trusted(G) in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him.

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  1. 2 Kings 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and snake.