He was buried in the City of David<n id="1" /> with the kings, because he had accomplished good in Israel and for God and his temple.p>

He hired 100,000 Israelite warriors for a hundred talents<n id="1" /> of silver.p>

Now I intend<n id="1" /> to make a covenant with the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel, so that he may relent from his raging anger.<n id="2" />

When Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the <sc>Lordsc> and pronounced blessings on his people Israel.<n id="1" />p>

He did evil in the sight of<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations<n id="2" /> whom the <sc>Lordsc> drove out ahead of the Israelites.

Prepare yourselves by your families according to your divisions, as instructed<n id="1" /> by King David of Israel and his son Solomon.

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

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Solomon convened Israel&#8217;s elders &#8211; all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families &#8211; in Jerusalem,<n id="1" /> so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the <sc>Lordsc> from the City of David<n id="2" /> (that is, Zion).<n id="3" />

He told David,<n id="1" /> &#8216;Since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live.<n id="2" /> Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel.

The <sc>Lordsc> has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David&#8217;s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the <sc>Lordsc> promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel

<p class="bodytext">But a prophet<n id="1" /> visited him and said: &#8220;O king, the Israelite troops must not go with you, for the <sc>Lordsc> is not with Israel or any of the Ephraimites.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Hezekiah sent messages throughout Israel and Judah; he even wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, summoning them to come to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple in Jerusalem<n id="1" /> and observe a Passover celebration for the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel.

So they sent an edict<n id="1" /> throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people<n id="2" /> to come and observe a Passover for the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they had not observed it on a nationwide scale as prescribed in the law.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">The rest of the events of Manasseh&#8217;s reign, including his prayer to his God and the words the prophets<n id="1" /> spoke to him in the name of the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel, are recorded<n id="2" /> in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the areas belonging to the Israelites and encouraged<n id="1" /> all who were in Israel to worship the <sc>Lordsc> their God. Throughout the rest of his reign<n id="2" /> they did not turn aside from following the <sc>Lordsc> God of their ancestors.p>

Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered.<n id="1" />p>

There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb.<n id="1" /> (It was there that<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.)p>

He said, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled<n id="1" /> what he promised<n id="2" /> my father David.

and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the <sc>Lordsc> made with the Israelites.&#8221;p>

and prayed:<n id="1" /> &#8220;O <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth! You maintain covenantal loyalty<n id="2" /> to your servants who obey you with sincerity.<n id="3" />