He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.

The king, his officials, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover in the second month.

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 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.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

He built altars in the Lord’s temple, about which the Lord had said, “Jerusalem will be my permanent home.”

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem.

Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

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

Josiah observed a Passover festival for the Lord in Jerusalem. They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month.

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

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

The king of Egypt prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem and imposed on the land a special tax of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem.

At the beginning of the reign of Ahasuerus they filed an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

Then the priests and the Levites took charge of the silver, the gold, and the vessels that had been weighed out, to transport them to Jerusalem to the temple of our God.

Rephaiah son of Hur, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to them.

Shallum son of Hallohesh, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to him, assisted by his daughters.