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2 Kings 18:6
6He served the Lord faithfully. He obeyed the laws that the Lord had given to Moses.
2 Kings 18:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For he clave to the Lord, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses.
- New International Version (NIV)He held fast to the Lord and did not stop following him; he kept the commands the Lord had given Moses.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For he held fast to the Lord. He did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments that the Lord commanded Moses.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For he held fast to the Lord; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses.
Context of 2 Kings 18:6
4He removed the altars on the hills. He knocked down the stone pillars that people worshipped and he cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake that Moses had made. Until then, the Israelites had burned incense as an offering to it. It was called Nehushtan. 5Hezekiah trusted the Lord, Israel's God. None of the other kings of Judah was like him, either before him or after him. He served the Lord faithfully. He obeyed the laws that the Lord had given to Moses. 7The Lord was with Hezekiah so that he was successful in everything that he decided to do. He turned against the king of Assyria. He refused to serve him. 8He won battles against the Philistines as far as Gaza. He took all their towns, large and small.
Read all of 2 Kings 182 Kings 18:6 word by word
וַיִּדְבַּק֙ בַּֽיהוָ֔ה לֹא־סָ֖ר מֵאַֽחֲרָ֑יו וַיִּשְׁמֹר֙ מִצְוֹתָ֔יו אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- For he claveדָּבַקdâbaq · to cleaveH1692
- to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- departedסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493
- not from followingאַחַר'achar · afterH310
- him, but keptשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
- his commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
- commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
Cross-references for 2 Kings 18:6
- Deuteronomy 10:20Respect and obey the Lord your God. Serve him faithfully. If you make a promise, only use his name to do that.
- Joshua 23:8But you must always serve the Lord your God, as you have until now.
- Acts 11:23Barnabas arrived in Antioch. He saw how God had been kind to the people there and helped them. Barnabas was happy about this. So he said to the new believers, ‘Continue to trust the Lord Jesus completely.’
- 2 Kings 17:13The Lord had used his prophets and his other servants to warn the people of Israel and Judah. He told them, ‘Stop living in an evil way. Obey my Law, with its commands and its rules. I gave my Law to your ancestors so that they would obey it. I also used my servants, the prophets, to teach it to you.’
- Jeremiah 11:4I gave those rules to your ancestors when I brought them safely out of Egypt. That place was like a hot oven where they were in great pain. At that time, I said to them, ‘Obey me and do everything that I command you to do. If you obey my covenant with you, you will be my people and I will be your God.
- John 14:15Jesus then said, ‘If you love me, do what I have told you to do.
- John 15:10If you obey what I have told you, you will be living in my love. In the same way, I have obeyed what my Father has told me to do. In that way, I live in his love.
- 1 John 5:3Because, if we really love God, we will obey his commands. And those commands are not difficult for us to obey.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 18:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Other 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.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6Hezekiah trusted in the LORD: He was the best among all the kings of Judah. Later, Josiah was unmatched in following the law of Moses (2 Kings 23:25). These two kings were examples of devotion during times of declining spirituality.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. He trusted in the Lord God of Israel--without invoking the aid or purchasing the succor of foreign auxiliaries like Asa (1Ki 15:18, 19) and Ahaz (2Ki 16:17; Is 7:1-25). so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah--Of course David and Solomon are excepted, they having had the sovereignty of the whole country. In the petty kingdom of Judah, Josiah alone had a similar testimony borne to him (2Ki 23:25). But even he was surpassed by…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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