Chapters 35-39 provide historical material about King Hezekiah and his triumph of faith in God.

The altar attests to the existence of a temple or cult center in the city which was probably dismantled during the reforms of King Hezekiah.

Chapters 35-39 provide material about King Hezekiah.

This tunnel had been built in the days of King Hezekiah (around 700 B.C.).

So now, people know that the Hebrew cubit, at least in the time of King Hezekiah, was 18 inches (45 centimeters).

(2 Kings 18:2) She was the mother of King Hezekiah.

In fact, King Hezekiah later makes reference to the Ark in 2 Kings 19:15.

Thanks to King Hezekiah's hidden water tunnel, the city narrowly escaped destruction.

Josiah's great-grandfather was King Hezekiah who was a noted reformer.

Thus the bronze snake was destroyed in King Hezekiah's reforms.