2 Kings 18:1-7

1Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.1

2Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.2

3And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.

4He removed the high places, and broke the images, and cut down the groves, and broke in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for till those days the children of Israel burnt incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.34

5He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.

6For he clung to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.5

7And the LORD was with him; and he prospered wherever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.