Hezekiah's comprehensive reformation, which sought the good, right, and true before the Lord, indicates his commitment to conduct his reign according to divine standards. The evaluation of his seeking as proper and successful establishes the standard of judgment as divine approval rather than human popularity or advantage. The comprehensiveness—doing what was good, right, and true—indicates that the reformation touched every dimension of religious practice and institutional operation. The specification that this was done before the Lord establishes that Hezekiah understood himself to be accountable to divine standards and that his actions were undertaken in divine presence. The success attributed to his seeking indicates that pursuing divine will with integrity produces blessing and success.

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