His body was carried back by horses,<n id="1" /> and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors<n id="2" /> in the City of David.<n id="3" />p>

Uzziah<n id="1" /> built up Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah<n id="2" /> had passed away.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the <sc>Lordsc> his God considered good and right and faithful.

He burned the bones of the pagan priests<n id="1" /> on their altars; he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

and his accomplishments, from start to finish, are recorded<n id="1" /> in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel and Judah.p>

In the thirty-sixth year of Asa&#8217;s reign, King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah, and he established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Amaziah assembled the people of Judah<n id="1" /> and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age<n id="2" /> equipped with spears and shields.<n id="3" />

The Israelites and people of Judah<n id="1" /> who lived in the cities of Judah also contributed a tenth of their cattle and sheep, as well as a tenth of the holy items consecrated to the <sc>Lordsc> their God. They brought them and placed them in many heaps.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Afterward King Sennacherib of Assyria, while attacking Lachish with all his military might, sent his messengers<n id="1" /> to Jerusalem. The message was for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of<n id="2" /> Judah who were in Jerusalem. It read:

The Levites even left their pasturelands and their property behind and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons prohibited them from serving as the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s priests.

They supported<n id="1" /> the kingdom of Judah and were loyal to<n id="2" /> Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years; they followed the edicts of<n id="3" /> David and Solomon for three years.p>

He wisely placed some of his many sons throughout the regions of Judah and Benjamin in the various fortified cities.<n id="1" /> He supplied them with abundant provisions and acquired many wives for them.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">So when Rehoboam<n id="1" /> humbled himself, the <sc>Lordsc> relented from his anger and did not annihilate him;<n id="2" /> Judah experienced some good things.<n id="3" />

That day<n id="1" /> the Israelites were defeated; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the <sc>Lordsc> God of their ancestors.p>

<p class="bodytext">He built fortified cities throughout Judah, for the land was at rest and there was no war during those years; the <sc>Lordsc> gave him peace.

All Judah was happy about the oath, because they made the vow with their whole heart. They willingly sought the <sc>Lordsc> and he responded to them.<n id="1" /> He made them secure on every side.<n id="2" />p>

The <sc>Lordsc> made his kingdom secure;<n id="1" /> all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he became very wealthy and greatly respected.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">In the third year of his reign he sent his officials Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah.

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> put fear into all the kingdoms surrounding Judah;<n id="1" /> they did not make war with Jehoshaphat.

These were their divisions by families:p> <p class="bodytext">There were a thousand officers from Judah.<n id="1" /> Adnah the commander led 300,000 skilled warriors,