Reference

2 Kings 20:21

And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
19

Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?

20

And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

21

And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

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Death as Sleep
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Death as Sleep

The phrase "slept with his fathers" is a common idiom in the Old Testament for death and succession, and while it uses the word "slept," it does not necessarily imply unconsciousness or a literal sleep, but rather a cessation of life and joining ancestors in death.