1. Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he was king in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. The name of his mother was Abijah the daughter of Zechariah.
2. And he did what was correct in the eyes of the Lord just as his father David had done.
3. And in the first year and first month of his reign he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and restored them.
4. He then brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the square on the eastern side
5. and said to them, “Listen to me, Levites. Consecrate yourselves and consecrate the house of the Lord God of your fathers. And bring out the detestable things from the holy sanctuary.