Hezekiah Rules in Judah
1 Hezekiah son of Ahaz began to rule over Judah in the third year of King Hoshea’s reign in Israel. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother was Abijah,18:2 As in parallel text at 2 Chr 29:1; Hebrew reads Abi, a variant spelling of Abijah. the daughter of Zechariah. 3 He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, just as his ancestor David had done.