2 Kings 18:3-7

3Hezekiah did things that the Lord said were good, as his ancestor King David had done.

4He removed the altars on the hills. He knocked down the stone pillars that people worshipped and he cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake that Moses had made. Until then, the Israelites had burned incense as an offering to it. It was called Nehushtan.

5Hezekiah trusted the Lord, Israel's God. None of the other kings of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.

6He served the Lord faithfully. He obeyed the laws that the Lord had given to Moses.

7The Lord was with Hezekiah so that he was successful in everything that he decided to do. He turned against the king of Assyria. He refused to serve him.