2 Kings 18:6

6 He held fast to the Lord and did not turn from following Him but kept the commandments the Lord had commanded Moses.

2 Kings 18:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 18:6

For he clave to the Lord
To his worship and service; to the fear of the Lord, as the Targum:

and departed not from following him;
from his worship, as the same paraphrase:

but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses;
both moral, ceremonial, and judicial.

2 Kings 18:6 In-Context

4 He removed the high places and shattered the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah [poles]. He broke into pieces the bronze snake that Moses made, for the Israelites burned incense to it up to that time. He called it Nehushtan.

5 Hezekiah trusted in the Lord God of Israel; not one of the kings of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.

6 He held fast to the Lord and did not turn from following Him but kept the commandments the Lord had commanded Moses.

7 The Lord was with him, and wherever he went, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.

8 He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.