DEATH BROUGHT HEZEKIAH on the scene in Scripture and to the throne of the nation of Judah. These facts we learn in the very first mention of Hezekiah in Scripture. “And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead” (2 Kings 16:20). The death of King Ahaz was a welcomed death considering what a curse Ahaz was to the nation of Judah and what a blessing the new king, King Hezekiah, was