2 Kings 18:7

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

2 Kings 18:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 18:7

And the Lord was with him
The Word of the Lord was for his help, as the Targum:

and he prospered whithersoever he went forth;
that is, to war:

and he rebelled against the king of Assyria:
which is explained in the next clause:

and served him not;
he refused to be his servant, as his father Ahaz had been, ( 2 Kings 16:7 ) , to which he was not obliged by any agreement of his; and, if it was in his power, might lawfully shake off his yoke, which is all that is meant by rebelling against him; he refused to be tributary to him.

2 Kings 18:7 In-Context

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.

8 He attacked [the] Philistines up to Gaza and its territory from the watchtower up to the fortified city.

9 It happened in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, that [is,] the seventh year of Hoshea the son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came against Samaria and laid siege against her.