He built up the altar of YHWH, and offered sacrifices of peace offerings and of thanksgiving on it, and commanded Judah to serve YHWH, the God of Israel.
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to YHWH with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, YHWH’s song also began, along with the trumpets and instruments of David king of Israel.
They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. He commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of YHWH.
After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek YHWH, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to YHWH, the God of their fathers.
For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn’t restrain them.
If it seems terrible in your* eyes to worship YHWH, y’all must choose today whom y’all will worship—the gods y’all’s ancestors worshiped beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land y’all dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve YHWH.”
For I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of YHWH, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that YHWH may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”