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2 Kings 18:6 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 18 · verse 6
For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.2 Kings 18:6 · King James Version
2 Kings 18:6 in context
4He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
5He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
6For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
7And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
8He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- commandmentsmitsvâha command, whether human or divineH4687 →
- followingʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- commandedtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- departedçûwrto turn offH5493 →
- clavedâbaqproperly, to impingeH1692 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
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We have here a general account of the reign of Hezekiah. It appears, by comparing his age with his father's, that he was born when his father was about eleven or twelve years old, divine Providence so ordering that he might be of full age, and fit for business, when the measure of his father's iniquity should be full.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8