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‘Uziyahu was sixteen years old when he began his reign, and he ruled for fifty-two years in Yerushalayim. His mother's name was Y'kholyahu, from Yerushalayim.

In Yerushalayim he built devices designed by experts for the towers and angles, from which to shoot arrows and lob large stones. His fame spread far and wide, for he was miraculously helped, until he became strong.

They stood up to ‘Uziyahu the king; they told him, "It isn't your job, ‘Uziyahu, to burn incense to Adonai ! The job of burning incense belongs to the cohanim, the descendants of Aharon, who have been consecrated. Get out of the sanctuary! You have trespassed, and Adonai , God, will not honor you for this."

This made ‘Uziyahu angry as he stood there with a censer in his hand ready to burn incense; and in his anger at the cohanim, tzara‘at broke out on his forehead right in front of the cohanim in the house of Adonai beside the altar for incense.

Yotam was twenty-five years old when he began his reign, and he ruled for sixteen years in Yerushalayim. His mother's name was Yerushah the daughter of Tzadok.

He was twenty-five years old when he began his reign, and he ruled for sixteen years in Yerushalayim.

Rather, he lived in the manner of the kings of Isra'el and made cast metal images for the ba‘alim.

For Pekach the son of Remalyah killed in Y'hudah 120,000 men in one day, all of them brave men, because they had abandoned Adonai , the God of their ancestors.

saying to them, "Don't bring the captives here, because you intend to do something that will bring guilt on us against Adonai . It will only add to our sins and guilt, for our guilt is great, and there is fierce anger against Isra'el."

For again the people from Edom had come, attacking Y'hudah and carrying off captives.

For Adonai brought Y'hudah low because of Achaz king of Isra'el, since he had caused disturbances in Y'hudah and acted very treacherously against Adonai .

In every city of Y'hudah he made high places for offering to other gods, thus provoking Adonai the God of his ancestors.

Hizkiyahu was twenty-five years old when he began his reign, and he ruled for twenty-nine years in Yerushalayim. His mother's name was Aviyah the daughter of Z'kharyah.

For our ancestors acted treacherously, they did what is evil from the perspective of Adonai our God, they abandoned him, they turned their faces away from where Adonai lives and turned their backs on him.

My sons, now is not a time for being negligent; for you are the ones Adonai chose to stand before him and serve him as his ministers, offering him incense."

Then they went to Hizkiyahu the king in [the palace] and said, "We have cleansed all the house of Adonai , including the altar for burnt offerings, with all its equipment, and the table for the showbread, with all its equipment.

They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary and for Y'hudah; and he ordered the cohanim to offer them on the altar of Adonai .

After bringing the male goats for the sin offering close to the king and the assembly and laying their hands on them,

the cohanim slaughtered them and made a sin offering with their blood on the altar to make atonement for all Isra'el; for the king had ordered that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be for all Isra'el.

He stationed the L'vi'im in the house of Adonai with cymbals, lyres and lutes, in keeping with the order of David, Gad the king's seer and Natan the prophet; for the mitzvah had come from Adonai through his prophets.