Hezekiah is the son of Ahaz and the 14th king of Judah.

Edwin Thiele has concluded that his reign was between c. 715 and 686 BCE.

He is also one of the most prominent kings of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

According to the Bible, Hezekiah witnessed the destruction of the northern Kingdom of Israel by Sargon's Assyrians in c 720 BC and was king of Judah during the invasion and siege of Jerusalem by Sennacherib in 701 BCE.

Hezekiah enacted sweeping religious reforms, during which he removed the worship of foreign deities from the Temple in Jerusalem, and restored the worship of YHWH the God of Israel as instructed by the Torah.

Isaiah and Micah prophesied during his reign.