Who Was Hezekiah, King of Judah? 2 Kings 18
Hezekiah was the Judean king whose trust in Yahweh the narrator holds up above every king before or after him. His reforms reached even the bronze serpent Moses had made, which Israel had turned into an object of incense burning.
From silent struggles to songs of praise
Psalm 40:1–3 does not end with a silent struggle. It shows a person waiting on Yahweh, being heard, lifted from the mud, set on rock, and given a song whose reach extends to everyone watching.