2 Kings 18:5-7

5 ¹He trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel; ²so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before him.

6 For he ³clung to the LORD; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the LORD had commanded Moses.

Hezekiah Victorious

7 ⁴And the LORD was with him; wherever * he went he prospered. And ⁵he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.

2 Kings 18:5-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 18

This chapter begins with the good reign of Hezekiah king of Judah, the reformation he made in the kingdom, and the prosperity that attended him when Israel was carried captive, 2Ki 18:1-12 and gives an account of the siege of Jerusalem by the king of Assyria, and of the distress Hezekiah was in, and the hard measures he was obliged to submit unto, 2Ki 18:13-18 and of the reviling and blasphemous speech of Rabshakeh, one of the generals of the king of Assyria, urging the Jews to a revolt from their king, 2Ki 18:19-37.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 19:10
• 2. 2 Kings 23:25
• 3. Deuteronomy 10:20; Joshua 23:8
• 4. Genesis 39:2, 3; 1 Samuel 18:14
• 5. 2 Kings 16:7