1 Hezekiah became king when he was 25 years old. He ruled 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah. Abijah was Zechariah’s daughter.
2 Hezekiah did what the Lord wanted him to do. He did what was right just as David his ancestor had done.
3 Hezekiah repaired the doors of the Lord’S Temple and made them strong. He opened the Temple again. He did this in the first month of the first year after he became king.
4-5 Hezekiah called the priests and Levites together in one assembly. He had a meeting with them in the courtyard on the east side of the Temple. Hezekiah said to them, “Listen to me, Levites! Make yourselves ready for holy service. Make the Temple of the Lord God ready for holy service. He is the God your ancestors obeyed. Take away the things from the Temple that don’t belong in there. These things make the Temple unclean.