Since sundials were in use both in Egypt and in Babylon by the eighth century B.C.E., these steps could refer to the degrees of a sundial that Hezekiah’s father, Ahaz, might have acquired.
तो हो सकता है यह चीज़ धूपघड़ी रही हो, जिसे शायद हिजकिय्याह के पिता, आहाज ने मँगवायी थी ।