Hezekiah's Reforms and the Revolt against Assyria

What is the source of the Bible's sympathetic treatment of Hezekiah? He is credited with religious reforms, but these were not isolated pious acts; they were part of Hezekiah's grand scheme, his ambitious plan of returning to the glorious days of his ancestors through revolt against Assyria to regain independence. Archaeological remains witness to Hezekiah's centralization of the sacrifical cult and to construction activities undertaken for the storage and distribution of matériel. Depite his preparations, Hezekiah's revolt failed totally. Despite his failure, the Hebrew Bible did not forget Hezekiah's attempts to repristinate the ancestral glory.