2 Kings 18:5

5 He trusted in Yahweh the God of Israel; there was no one like him, before or after, among all the kings of Judah.

2 Kings 18:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 18:5

He trusted in the Lord God of Israel
To be his protector and defender, and had no dependence on idols as an arm of flesh; the Targum is, he trusted in the Word of the Lord God; not in Nehushtan, but in him the brasen serpent was a type of, even in the Word and Son of God, his alone Saviour and Redeemer:

so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah:
for though Josiah was like him in some things, yet not in all:

nor any that were before him;
from the times of the division of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah; and Ben Gersom and Abarbinel think that David and Solomon are not to be excepted; David sinning in the case of Uriah, and Solomon falling into idolatry, crimes that Hezekiah was not guilty of.

2 Kings 18:5 In-Context

3 He did right in the eyes of Yahweh according to all that David his ancestor had done.

4 He removed the high places, and he smashed the stone pillars; he cut down the poles of Asherah worship and demolished the bronze serpent which Moses had made, for up to those days the {Israelites} were offering incense to it and called it Nehushtan.

5 He trusted in Yahweh the God of Israel; there was no one like him, before or after, among all the kings of Judah.

6 He held on to Yahweh; he did not depart from following him, and he kept his commands that Yahweh had commanded Moses.

7 Yahweh was with him; everywhere he went, he succeeded. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.