2 Chronicles 29:1-3

Hezekiah Consecrates the Temple

29:1 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. ¹  His mother was Abijah, ²  the daughter of Zechariah. 29:2 He did what the Lord approved, just as his ancestor David had done. ³ 

29:3 In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the Lord’s temple and repaired them.

[29:1]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[29:1]  ² tn The parallel passage in 2 Kgs 18:2 has “Abi.”

[29:2]  ³ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which David his father had done.”