2 Kings 18:6

6 For he cleaved unto the LORD and did not depart from following him, but kept his commandments which the LORD 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 broke the images and cut down the groves and broke in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days, the sons of Israel burned incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan. {Heb. a thing of brass}

5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that neither after him nor before was there any like him among all the kings of Judah.

6 For he cleaved unto the LORD and did not depart from following him, but kept his commandments which the LORD commanded Moses.

7 And the LORD was with him, and he prospered in all things in which he went forth; and he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.

8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza and the borders thereof, from the towers of the watchmen to the fenced city.