So Ahaz slept with his ancestors, and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David; and his son Hezekiah succeeded him — despite his comprehensive apostasy and religious betrayal, Ahaz receives royal burial in the City of David's royal necropolis, affirming continued Davidic legitimacy. His son Hezekiah's succession promises transformation: the next king, though born of Ahaz's apostasy, will become Judah's greatest reformer. Yet the note that Ahaz is "buried with his ancestors in the City of David" preserves even his shameful reign within the continuity of the Davidic line, suggesting that covenant promises persist even through catastrophic human failure.

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