Since sundials were in use both in Egypt and in Babylon by the eighth century B.C.E., these steps could refer to the degrees of a sundial that Hezekiah’s father, Ahaz, might have acquired.
Kuna 8. sajandil e.m.a kasutati päikesekellasid nii Egiptuses kui Babüloonias, võis vari tagasi minna Hiskija isa Ahase hangitud päikesekellal.