For he joined with Yahweh. He didn’t depart from following him, but kept his commandments, which Yahweh commanded Moses.
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For he joined with Yahweh. He didn’t depart from following him, but kept his commandments, which Yahweh commanded Moses.
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For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
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For he cleaved to the LORD, he departed not from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
Cross-references (12)
Passages linked to 2 Kings 18:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 10:20 You shall fear Yahweh your God. You shall serve him. You shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.
- Joshua 23:8 but hold fast to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this day.
- John 14:15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
- Acts 11:23 who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.
- 2 Kings 17:13 Yet Yahweh testified to Israel, and to Judah, by every prophet, and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.”
- John 15:14 You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
- 1 John 5:3 For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.
- 2 Kings 17:16 They abandoned all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made molten images for themselves, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served Baal.
- Jeremiah 11:4 which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace,’ saying, ‘Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you; so you shall be my people, and I will be your God;
- John 14:21 One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”
- 2 Kings 17:19 Also Judah didn’t keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
- John 15:10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 18:6 For he clave to the LORD, [and]…
2Ki 18:6 For he clave to the LORD, [and] departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
Ver. 6. For he clave to the Lord.] Indivulse: and this he knew to be his duty, from Deu 4:4; Deu 10:20; Jos 23:8, sc., to embrace the Lord with faith and love: to adhere unto him as his head and husband, with all his heart and soul. He "departed not from following him," as it is here expounded, "but kept his commandments," the best proof of his love.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Departed not from following him, in the general course…
Departed not from following him, in the general course of his life and especially in the matters of God’s worship.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the Lord was with him,.... The Word of…
And the Lord was with him,.... The Word of the Lord was for his help, as the Targum:
and he prospered whithersoever he went forth; that is, to war:
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and he rebelled against the king of Assyria: which is explained in the next clause:
and served him not; he refused to be his servant, as his father Ahaz had been, Kg2 16:7, to which he was not obliged by any agreement of his; and, if it was in his power, might lawfully shake off his yoke, which is all that is meant by rebelling against him; he refused to be tributary to him.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Other good kings, as Solomon, Jehoshaphat, Joash, and Amaziah,…
Other good kings, as Solomon, Jehoshaphat, Joash, and Amaziah, had fallen away in their later years. Hezekiah remained firm to the last. The phrase “cleaving to God” is frequent in Deuteronomy, but rare elsewhere.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. and departed not] R.V. he departed not. Thus…
6. and departed not] R.V. he departed not. Thus italics are avoided, and the emphasis of the verse seems to be strengthened.
which the Lord commanded Moses] Another indication that the compiler of Kings, or it may be the earlier authority from which he drew, accepted the Law as given by God to Moses. See also below in verse 12.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (6) For he clave.—And he held fast. Hezekiah’s pious…
(6) For he clave.—And he held fast. Hezekiah’s pious feeling.
But kept.—And he kept. Hezekiah’s practice. The context shows that the “commandments” specially in the writer’s mind were those against polytheism.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain For he clave to the Lord rather, and he…
For he clave to the Lord rather, and he clave to the Lord; i.e. he persevered through the whole of his life; he did not fall into sins at the last, like Asa and Azariah (see 2Ch_16:7-12 2Ch 26:" 2Ch_26:16-21) and departed not from following him. The writer probably considers "the princes of Judah" answerable for the embassy to Egypt mentioned in Isa_30:4, and excuses Hezekiah"s ostentatious display of his treasures to the ambassadors of Merodach-Baladan (2Ki_20:13) as a weakness, not an actual breach of obedience. But kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses.
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The story of King Hezekiah's reign continues.
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he held on to Yahweh
To "hold on" is metaphor for staying loyal and attached. AT: "Hezekiah stayed loyal to Yahweh" or "Hezekiah remained faithful to Yahweh" (See: Metaphor)
wherever he went he prospered
"wherever Hezekiah went he was successful"
fortified city
city with a wall all around it
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rebel
Assyria
servant
Philistines
Gaza
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