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KING HEZEKIAH Israel and Judah had many terrible kings throughout their time as territories. These kings helped separate the hearts of the people from God and turn them to pagan idols instead. Throughout these times, there were some kings that did right in the sight of God. One of these kings was Hezekiah. One of the terrible kings Judah had was Hezekiah’s father, Ahaz. He did such terrible things as to even have a Syrian pagan altar put up in the temple. However, Hezekiah did what was right and ignored they ways of his earthy father and did what was pleasing to his Heavenly Father. What person would not want to know when they would die and then have years added to their lives? Hezekiah was one such person. He is an interesting person in history, …show more content…

As mentioned before Hezekiah’s father, Ahaz, was a terrible king, bringing in idols and making a mockery of God in every way. Hezekiah began to rule the kingdom when he was 25 and, from the start he did it well.
Ki 18:1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
2Ki 18:2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
2Ki 18:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.
2Ki 18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
2Ki 18:5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
2Ki 18:6 For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
2Ki 18:7 And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him …show more content…

And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
2Ki 20:16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.
2Ki 20:17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
He should have been sorry with these sayings, but instead he was happy that this would not happen in his lifetime. This just shows how selfish he truly was. Many people love the things of this world more than God and they show it in their lives. Just because one person is like this does not mean all people are, or even all people who are related to the person. The saying, “like father like son” has a great deal of truth to it, but it is not a guarantee. Hezekiah is proof that one does not have to follow in the steps of one’s father. He is also proof that following God will prolong one’s life, and most importantly that following God throughout one’s life is very important from beginning to the

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