1. Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled twenty-nine years from Jerusalem. His mother was Abijah daughter of Zechariah.
2. Hezekiah obeyed the Lord by doing right, just as his ancestor David had done.
3. In the first month of the first year of Hezekiah's rule, he unlocked the doors to the Lord's temple and had them repaired.
4. Then he called the priests and Levites to the east courtyard of the temple
12-14. When Hezekiah finished talking, the following Levite leaders went to work:Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohath clan; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merari clan; Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershon clan; Shimri and Jeuel from the Elizaphan clan; Zechariah and Mattaniah from the Asaph clan; Jehuel and Shimei from the Heman clan; Shemaiah and Uzziel from the Jeduthun clan.