1. Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah, daughter of Zechariah.
2. He did what was right in the Lord’s sight, just as David his father had done.
3. In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the Lord’s house and repaired them.
4. He summoned the priests and Levites, gathering them in the open space to the east,
5. and said to them: “Listen to me, you Levites! Sanctify yourselves now and sanctify the house of the Lord, the God of your ancestors, and clean out the filth from the sanctuary.
6. Our ancestors acted treacherously and did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, our God. They abandoned him, turned away their faces from the Lord’s dwelling, and turned their backs on him.