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1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became king of Judah.

1 And on hearing it, King Hezekiah took off his robe, and put on haircloth, and went into the house

1 Now in the third year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, became

1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years; his

1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king; for fifty-five years he was ruling in Jerusalem; and his

1 In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to

1 Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem. 2 And the