After all this happened, the Lord afflicted him with an incurable intestinal disease.

Another third of you will be stationed at the royal palace and still another third at the Foundation Gate. All the others will stand in the courtyards of the Lord’s temple.

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

Joash did what the Lord approved throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.

Joash was determined to repair the Lord’s temple.

The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the Lord’s temple.

The Lord sent prophets among them to lead them back to him. They warned the people, but they would not pay attention.

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

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel.

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

He did what the Lord approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

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

Early the next morning King Hezekiah assembled the city officials and went up to the Lord’s temple.

There was a large number of burnt sacrifices, as well as fat from the peace offerings and drink offerings that accompanied the burnt sacrifices. So the service of the Lord’s temple was reinstituted.

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.”

He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to contribute the portion prescribed for the priests and Levites so they might be obedient to the law of the Lord.

When Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the Lord and pronounced blessings on his people Israel.

This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the Lord his God considered good and right and faithful.

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