2 Kings 18:1-8
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Hezekiah Reigns over Judah
1Now it came about in the third year of Hoshea, the son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah became king. 2He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. 3He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with everything that his father David had done. 4He removed the high places and smashed the memorial stones to pieces, and cut down the Asherah. He also crushed to pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel had been burning incense to it; and it was called Nehushtan. 5He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel; and after him there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who came before him. 6For he clung to the Lord; he did not desist from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses.
Hezekiah Victorious
7And the Lord was with him; wherever he went he was successful. And he revolted against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. 8He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.
Invasion of Judah