He followed God during the lifetime of Zechariah, who taught him how to honor God. As long as he followed the Lord, God caused him to succeed.

But the Lord told Shemaiah the prophet,

I will build a great temple, for our God is greater than all gods.

He brought the holy items that his father and he had made into God’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.

He remained in hiding in God’s temple for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.

He was buried in the City of David with the kings, because he had accomplished good in Israel and for God and his temple.

God helped him in his campaigns against the Philistines, the Arabs living in Gur Baal, and the Meunites.

Hezekiah and all the people were happy about what God had done for them, for it had been done quickly.

everyone who has determined to follow God, the Lord God of his ancestors, even if he is not ceremonially clean according to the standards of the temple.”

Sennacherib’s servants further insulted the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah.

Amaziah asked the prophet: “But what should I do about the hundred talents of silver I paid the Israelite troops?” The prophet replied, “The Lord is capable of giving you more than that.”

Ahaz gathered the items in God’s temple and removed them. He shut the doors of the Lord’s temple and erected altars on every street corner in Jerusalem.

(Now David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.

Solomon laid the foundation for God’s temple; its length (determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet.

Solomon also made these items for God’s temple: the gold altar, the tables on which the Bread of the Presence was kept,

The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord’s splendor filled God’s temple.

All the kings of the earth wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.

Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the Lord.”

Jehoiada the priest gave to the officers of the units of hundreds King David’s spears and shields that were kept in God’s temple.

(Wicked Athaliah and her sons had broken into God’s temple and used all the holy items of the Lord’s temple in their worship of the Baals.)