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Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah the daughter of Zechariah.
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And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done.
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In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them.
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Then he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them in the East Square,
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and said to them: "Hear me, Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry out the rubbish from the holy place.
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For our fathers have trespassed and done evil in the eyes of the Lord our God; they have forsaken Him, have turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the Lord, and turned their backs on Him.