Reference

2 Kings 16:20

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
18

And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the Lord for the king of Assyria.

19

Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

20

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

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Death as Sleep

The phrase "slept with his fathers" is a common idiom for death in the Old Testament and does not necessarily imply a literal state of unconsciousness or sleep, but rather a peaceful passing and joining of ancestors in death.