4. He removed the high places and broke the pillars and cut down the Asherah. 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 Nehushtan).
5. 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.
6. For he held fast to the Lord. He did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments that the Lord commanded Moses.
7. And the Lord was with him; wherever he went out, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and would not serve him.
8. He struck down the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.
9. In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it,