“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.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He remained faithful to the Lord in everything, and he carefully obeyed all the commands the Lord had given Moses.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0So the Lord was with him, and Hezekiah was successful in everything he did. He revolted against\u00a0 the king of Assyria and refused to pay him tribute.”<\/p>\n
Hezekiah was exemplary.\u00a0 He followed the LORD with all his heart.\u00a0 He smashed all the\u00a0pagan shrines and sacred pillars.\u00a0 He cut down the Asherah poles.\u00a0 He even destroyed the bronze serpent that Moses had lifted up in the wilderness, because the people had made it an idol,\u00a0offering sacrifices to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“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.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He remained faithful to the Lord in everything, and he carefully obeyed all the commands the Lord had given Moses.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0So the Lord was with him, and Hezekiah was successful … <\/p>\n