1. Chizkiyahu began to reign when he was 25 years old, and he reigned 29 years in Yerushalayim. And the shem immo was Aviyah bat Zecharyahu.
2. And he did that which was yashar in the eyes of Hashem, according to all that Dovid Aviv had done.
3. He in the first year of his reign, in the chodesh harishon, opened the daletot Beis Hashem, and repaired them.
4. And he brought in the Kohanim and the Levi'im, and gathered them together into the rechov hamizrach (eastern plaza),
5. And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levi'im, set yourselves apart as kodesh now and consecrate the Beis Hashem Elohei Avoteichem, and remove the niddah (contamination) from HaKodesh.
6. For Avoteinu have been unfaithful, and have done that which is rah in the eyes of Hashem Eloheinu, have forsaken Him, have turned away their faces from the Mishkan Hashem, and to it they have turned their backs.
7. Also they have shut the daletot of the Ulam, and put out the nerot, and have not burned ketoret nor offered olah in HaKodesh unto Elohei Yisroel.
8. Therefore the wrath of Hashem was upon Yehudah and Yerushalayim, and he hath caused them to be a horror and an object of scorn and hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
9. For, hinei, Avoteinu have fallen by the cherev, our banim, our banot, our nashim are in captivity for this.
10. Now it is in mine lev to make a Brit with Hashem Elohei Yisroel, that His fierce wrath may turn away from us.