 He died at the age of 36 and was succeeded by his son, Hezekiah.Because of his wickedness he was "not brought into the sepulchre of the kings" ().An insight into Ahaz's neglect of the worship of the Lord is found in the statement that on the first day of the month of Nisan that followed Ahaz's death, his son Hezekiah commissioned the priests and Levites to open and repair the doors of the Temple and to remove the defilements of the sanctuary, a task which took 16 days.