1 Hezekiah began to rule as king when he was 25 years old. He ruled for 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother was Abijah, daughter of Zechariah.
2 He did what the Lord considered right, as his ancestor David had done.
3 In the first month of his first year as king, he opened the doors of the Lord’s temple and repaired them.
4 He brought the priests and Levites together in the square on the east side ⌊of the temple⌋.