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II Kings 16:2 states, "Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father."

II Kings 18:1,2 states, "Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. 2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah."

Hezekiah was 25 years old when he began to reign.

Hezekiah’s dad, Ahaz ruled 16 years in Jerusalem.

Subtracting 16 years from 25 years tells us Hezekiah was 9 years old when his father, Ahaz began to reign in Jerusalem.

Ahaz was 20 years old when he began to reign and he ruled 16 years, which means he was 36 years old when he died.

Hezekiah was 9 years old when Ahaz began to reign, means that Ahaz was 11 years old when Hezekiah was born. (Subtract the age of Hezekiah when Ahaz began to reign (9 years old) from the age of Ahaz when he began to reign (20 years old).

Eleven years of age may seem entirely too young to sire a child, but it is likely that Almighty God, who knows all things and controls all things, allowed this for the safety and blessing of Judah. God likely has limited the length of Ahaz’s life because of his exceedingly great wickedness. There is no doubt in my mind that God raised up Hezekiah for the explicit purpose of saving Judah. Israel, the northern kingdom, was given a "second chance" when invited by Hezekiah to partake of the Passover in Jerusalem. Even though Jews from the northern tribes declined and mocked the Jews, many faithful Jews traveled from Israel to Jerusalem for the Passover, which was the last one they would ever celebrate, for in the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, the king of Assyria besieged Samaria and in the seventh year of Hezekiah’s reign, Samaria and all Israel went into bondage, never to return as a nation until 1946.