2 Kings 18:6

6 For he cleaved to the LORD and departed not 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 Asherah poles, and broke in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.

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

6 For he cleaved to the LORD and departed not from following Him, but kept His commandments which the LORD commanded Moses.

7 And the LORD was with him, and he prospered whithersoever he went forth; and he rebelled against the king of Assyria and served him not.

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