2 Kings Chapter 18 Hezekiah reigns in Judah.

In the third year of Hoshiah, son of Ila, King of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz,

King of Judah began to reign.

He was 25 years old when he began to reign.

He reigned 29 years in Jerusalem.

Mother's name was Abai, the daughter of Zechariah. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord,

according to all that David his father had done. He removed the high places and broke the pillars

and cut down the Ashera, and he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had

made. For until those days, the people of Israel had made offerings to it. It was called Nehushatan.

He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel, so that there was none like him among all the kings

of Judah after him, nor among those who were before him.

For he held fast to the Lord. He did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments that the

Lord commanded Moses. And the Lord was with him. Wherever he went out, he prospered. He rebelled

against the king of Assyria and would not serve him. He struck down the

Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city. In the fourth year of

King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshiah, son of Ila, king of Israel, Shalmaneser,

king of Assyria, came up against Samaria and besieged it.

And at the end of three years, he took it.

In the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshiah, king of Israel,

Samaria was taken.

The king of Assyria carried the Israelites away to Assyria and put them in Hala, and on the

Heabor, the river of Ghazan, and in the city of the Meads, because they did not obey the

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