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

He was committed to following the Lord; he even removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.

These were the ones who served the king, besides those whom the king placed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.

Then Jehoshaphat added, “First seek an oracle from the Lord.”

But Micaiah said, “As certainly as the Lord lives, I will say what my God tells me to say!”

Jehoshaphat was afraid, so he decided to seek the Lord’s advice. He decreed that all Judah should observe a fast.

The people of Judah assembled to ask for the Lord’s help; they came from all the cities of Judah to ask for the Lord’s help.

The Lord stirred up against Jehoram the Philistines and the Arabs who lived beside the Cushites.

Joash was determined to repair the Lord’s temple.

Uzziah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah had passed away.

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.

So the soldiers released the captives and the plunder before the officials and the entire assembly.

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

They assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves. Then they went in to purify the Lord’s temple, just as the king had ordered, in accordance with the word of the Lord.

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

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

he consulted with his advisers and military officers about stopping up the springs outside the city, and they supported him.

In his pain Manasseh asked the Lord his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

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

The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.