His father, King Ahaz, was a faithless idolater who had at least one of his sons ​ — Hezekiah’s own brother — ​ burned alive as a sacrifice to a false god!
Tema isal kuningas Ahasel polnud usku, vaid ta teenis ebajumalaid ning lasi vähemalt ühe oma poegadest — Hiskija lihase venna — elusalt ebajumalale ohvriks põletada!