“He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.”
King James Version (KJV)
29:4 And he brought in, &c - He found Judah low and naked, yet did not make it his first business to revive the civil interests of his kingdom, but to restore religion to a good posture. Those that begin with God, begin at the right end of their work; and it will prosper accordingly.
29:5 Filthiness - That filthy altar, which Ahaz had put in the place of God's altar, #2Kings 16:11|, and the idols, or other abominable things which were there.