He posted guards at the gates of the Lord’s temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.

They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.

The conspirators were Zabad son of Shimeath (an Ammonite woman) and Jehozabad son of Shimrith (a Moabite woman).

When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.

His body was carried back by horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the City of David.

He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

Now listen to me! Send back those you have seized from your brothers, for the Lord is very angry at you!”

At that time King Ahaz asked the king of Assyria for help.

King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came, but he gave him more trouble than support.

Look, our fathers died violently and our sons, daughters, and wives were carried off because of this.

Finally they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they placed their hands on them.

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

When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had invaded and intended to attack Jerusalem,

“This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: ‘Why are you so confident that you remain in Jerusalem while it is under siege?

They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the man-made gods of the nations of the earth.

King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven.

He burned the bones of the pagan priests on their altars; he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

supervised the laborers and all the foremen on their various jobs. Some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and guards.

and his accomplishments, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.