“Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before or after his time. He remained faithful to the Lord in everything, and he carefully obeyed all the commands the Lord had given Moses. So the Lord was with him, and Hezekiah was successful in everything he did. He revolted against the king of Assyria and refused to pay him tribute.”
Hezekiah was exemplary. He followed the LORD with all his heart. He smashed all the pagan shrines and sacred pillars. He cut down the Asherah poles. He even destroyed the bronze serpent that Moses had lifted up in the wilderness, because the people had made it an idol, offering sacrifices to it.
