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.