2 Ukuqalisa kwakhe ukulawula wayenamashumi amabini anesihlanu ezelwe, waza ke walawula eJerusalem amashumi amabini anethoba eminyaka. Unina yayinguAbhiya intombi kaZakariya.
3 Wênza okuhle emehlweni *kaNdikhoyo njengoyise-mkhulu uDavide.
4 Wazibhangisa iindawo eziphakamileyo zonqulo, wawaqhekeza amatye awodwa onqulo, wazigawula iintsika zika-Ashera. Wayikroboza inyoka yobhedu eyayenziwe nguMosis. Kaloku ukuza kuthi ga kwelo thuba amaSirayeli ayeyenzela iziqhumiso, kusithiwa nguNehushtani.
5 UHezekiya yena wakholosa ngoNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli. Kubo bonke ookumkani bakwaJuda akuzange kubekho ofana naye, ngaphambili nangasemva kwakhe.
6 Wabambelela kuNdikhoyo, akashenxa kuye, wayithobela loo mithetho wayinika uMosis uNdikhoyo.
7 Ngoko ke uNdikhoyo waba ngakuye, wamphumelelisa nakuyiphi na into ayenzayo. Wayivukela ikumkani yaseAsiriya, akavuma ukuyibusa.
8 Wawagqogqa wawagqugqisa amaFilistiya esusela ezimboniselweni ukuya kwizixeko ezinqatyisiweyo, wada wee xhaxhe ngeGaza nemimandla yayo.