2 Kings 18:7

2 Kings 18:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
• New International Version (NIV)And the Lord was with him; he was successful in whatever he undertook. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Lord was with him; wherever he went out, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and would not serve him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord was with him; he prospered wherever he went. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.

Context of 2 Kings 18:7

5Hezekiah trusted the Lord, Israel's God. None of the other kings of Judah was like him, either before him or after him. 6He served the Lord faithfully. He obeyed the laws that the Lord had given to Moses. The 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. 9When Hezekiah had been king for four years, Shalmaneser, the king of Assyria, took his army to attack Samaria. That was when Hoshea had been king of Israel for seven years. The Assyrian army made their camp around the city of Samaria.

2 Kings 18:7 word by word

וְהָיָ֤ה יְהוָה֙ עִמּ֔וֹ בְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־יֵצֵ֖א יַשְׂכִּ֑יל וַיִּמְרֹ֥ד בְּמֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר וְלֹ֥א עֲבָדֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• he prosperedשָׂכַלώâkal · be prudentH7919
• whithersoever he went forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• and he rebelledמָרַדmârad · to rebelH4775
• against the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• and servedעָבַד‛âbad · to serveH5647

Cross-references for 2 Kings 18:7

• Genesis 21:22At that time Phicol was the leader of King Abimelech's army. Abimelech and Phicol said to Abraham, ‘We see that God helps you in everything that you do.
• Genesis 39:2The Lord was with Joseph, so that good things happened to him. Joseph lived in the house of Potiphar, his Egyptian master.
• 1 Samuel 18:14David won all his fights because the Lord was with him.
• 2 Chronicles 15:2Azariah went to meet King Asa. He said to him, ‘Listen to me Asa and all you people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. The Lord will be with you while you are faithful to him. If you ask him for help, he will answer you. But if you turn away from him, he will turn away from you.
• Psalms 46:11The Lord Almighty is there to help us. The God of Jacob keeps us safe. Selah.
• Psalms 60:12With God's help, we will win! He will beat down our enemies for us.
• Matthew 1:23The prophet had said, ‘A young woman who has never had sex will have a baby boy. People will call her son Immanuel.’ This name means ‘God is with us’.
• Matthew 28:20Teach them to obey everything that I have taught you. You can be sure that I will be with you always. I will be with you until the end of time.’
• Acts 7:9One of Jacob's sons was called Joseph. Jacob was more kind to Joseph than to his other sons. For this reason, Joseph's brothers did not like him. So one day they took Joseph and they sold him as a slave. The men that bought Joseph took him to Egypt. There he became the slave of an important man. All this time, God took care of Joseph.
• 1 Samuel 18:5David did whatever Saul asked him to do. And he always did it well. So Saul made David an officer to lead his army. That made the soldiers happy, and it also pleased Saul's officers.
• 2 Samuel 8:6David put groups of his soldiers in Damascus to be guards over the Syrian people. So the Syrians were now under David's authority and they paid taxes to him. The Lord helped David to win all the battles that he fought.
• 2 Chronicles 31:21He served God faithfully with all his strength. He helped the work in the temple and he obeyed God's law and his commands. So he was successful in the things that he did.
• 2 Chronicles 32:30Hezekiah had stopped the water coming out from the higher spring at Gihon. Instead, he caused the water to go down to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah was successful in all the things that he did.
• Psalms 1:3He will become like a tree that grows beside streams of water. It gives its fruit at the right season. Its leaves do not fall off. Everything that person does will have a good result.
• Romans 8:31So, because of all the things that God does for us, we can say this: If God is working on our behalf, nobody can really do anything against us.
• 2 Kings 18:20You say that you have good plans. You say that your army is strong. But those are only useless words! You have turned against me, so who are you trusting to save you?

Commentaries on 2 Kings 18:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The Lord was with him - This had been said of no king since David (marginal reference). The phrase is very emphatic. The general prosperity of Hezekiah is set forth at some length by the author of Chronicles 2 Chronicles 32:23, 2 Chronicles 32:27-29. His great influence among the nations bordering on the northern kingdom, was the cause of the first expedition of Sennacherib against him, the Ekronites having expelled an Assyrian viceroy from their city…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8Because Hezekiah was deeply committed to his faith, God blessed him, and he succeeded in all his endeavors. Hezekiah began a series of reforms, including: cleaning, repairing, and renovating the temple (2 Chronicles 29:3–36); celebrating the Passover (2 Chronicles 30); and restoring important worship practices in Judah (2 Chronicles 31:1–19). He rebelled against the king of Assyria: In the ancient Near East, rebellions and stopping tribute payments often…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-87-8. he rebelled against the king of Assyria--that is, the yearly tribute his father had stipulated to pay, he, with imprudent haste, withdrew. Pursuing the policy of a truly theocratic sovereign, he was, through the divine blessing which rested on his government, raised to a position of great public and national strength. Shalmaneser had withdrawn from Palestine, being engaged perhaps in a war with Tyre, or probably he was dead. Assuming, consequently…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 18:7

• Blessing
• Hezekiah
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Religion
• Revivals

In the dictionaries

• Assyria
• Assyria, Assyrian, Assyrian Empire
• Agreement
• Carry
• Isaiah
• Put
• Bible, the
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Hezekiah (2)

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