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Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.
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He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.
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And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done.
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He removed the high places and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the wooden image and broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and called it Nehushtan.
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He trusted in the Lord God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him.
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For he held fast to the Lord; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses.
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The Lord was with him; he prospered wherever he went. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.
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He subdued the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.