2 Kings 18:6

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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)He remained faithful to the Lord in everything, and he carefully obeyed all the commands the Lord had given Moses.

Context of 2 Kings 18:6

4He removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.) 5Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him. He held fast to the Lord and did not stop following him; he kept the commands the Lord had given Moses. 7And the Lord was with him; he was successful in whatever he undertook. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. 8From watchtower to fortified city, he defeated the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory.

2 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 10:20Fear the Lord your God and serve him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name.
• Joshua 23:8But you are to hold fast to the Lord your God, as you have until now.
• Acts 11:23When he arrived and saw what the grace of God had done, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts.
• 2 Kings 17:13The Lord warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers: “Turn from your evil ways. Observe my commands and decrees, in accordance with the entire Law that I commanded your ancestors to obey and that I delivered to you through my servants the prophets.”
• Jeremiah 11:4the terms I commanded your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt, out of the iron-smelting furnace.’ I said, ‘Obey me and do everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God.
• John 14:15“If you love me, keep my commands.
• John 15:10If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
• 1 John 5:3In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,

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

Topics related to 2 Kings 18:6

• Blessing
• Decision
• Hezekiah
• Iconoclasm
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Obedience
• Religion
• Revivals

In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Agreement
• Carry
• Put
• Bible, the
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Hezekiah (2)
• Kings, Books of
• Shebna

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