2 Kings 18 · Verse 5

2 Kings 18:5

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

2 Kings 18:5, King James Version

2 Kings 18:5 in other translations

BSB	Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.
WEB	He trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel, so that after him was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among them that were before him.
ASV	He trusted in Jehovah, the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among them that were before him.
YLT	In Jehovah, God of Israel, he hath trusted, and after him there hath not been like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among any who were before him;
DARBY	He trusted in Jehovah the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among any that were before him.
BBE	He had faith in the Lord, the God of Israel; so that there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah who were before him.
Webster	He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.

What does 2 Kings 18:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 18:5-6

5-6. He trusted in the Lord God of Israel--without invoking the aid or purchasing the succor of foreign auxiliaries like Asa (1Ki 15:18, 19) and Ahaz (2Ki 16:17; Is 7:1-25). so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah--Of course David and Solomon are excepted, they having had the sovereignty of the whole country. In the petty kingdom of Judah, Josiah alone had a similar testimony borne to him (2Ki 23:25). But even he was surpassed by Hezekiah, who set about a national reformation at the beginning of his reign, which Josiah did not. The pious character and the excellent course of Hezekiah was prompted, among other secondary influences, by a sense of the calamities his father's wicked career had brought on the country, as well as by the counsels of Isaiah.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 5 He trusted in the Lord - See the character of this good king: 1. He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; 2. He clave to the Lord; 3. He was steady in his religion; he departed not from following the Lord; 4. He kept God's commandments. And what were the consequences? 1. The Lord was with him; 2. He prospered whithersoever he went.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 18:1-8

Hezekiah was a true son of David. Some others did that which was right, but not like David. Let us not suppose that when times and men are bad, they must needs grow worse and worse; that does not follow: after many bad kings, God raised one up like David himself. The brazen serpent had been carefully preserved, as a memorial of God's goodness to their fathers in the wilderness; but it was idle and wicked to burn…

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2 Kings 18:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בַּיהוָ֥הba.Yah.wehin YahwehH3068

אֱלֹהֵֽי\־'e.lo.hei-[the] God ofH430

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

בָּטָ֑חba.Tachhe trustedH982

וְאַחֲרָ֞יוve.'a.cha.Ravand after himH310

לֹא\־lo'-notH3808

הָיָ֣הha.Yahanyone wasH1961

כָמֹ֗הוּkha.Mo.hulike himH3644

בְּכֹל֙be.Kholamong allH3605

מַלְכֵ֣יmal.Khei[the] kings ofH4428

יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063

וַאֲשֶׁ֥רva.'a.Sherand [those] whoH834

הָי֖וּha.Yuthey wereH1961

לְפָנָֽיו\׃le.fa.Nav<to> before himH6440

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Cross references for 2 Kings 18:5

2 Kings 23:25
And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
2 Kings 19:10
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Matthew 27:43
He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
Ephesians 1:12
That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
Psalms 84:12
O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Psalms 27:1-2
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
2 Chronicles 32:7-8
Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
Psalms 146:5-6
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God: Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
Psalms 13:5
But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
Job 13:15
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
2 Chronicles 20:35
And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
2 Chronicles 20:20
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

trusted.
19:10; 2Ch 32:7,8; Job 13:15; Ps 13:5; 27:1,2; 46:1,2; 84:12
Ps 146:5,6; Jer 17:7,8; Mt 27:43; Eph 1:12
after him.
19:15-19; 23:25; 2Ch 14:11; 16:7-9; 20:20,35

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Context

2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
2 Kings 18:5
He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
2 Kings 18:6
For he clave to the Lord, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses.

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2 Kings 18:5 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	En Jehová Dios de Israel puso su esperanza: después ni antes de él no hubo otro como él en todos los reyes de Judá.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Il mit sa confiance en l’ Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël; et après lui, il n’y en eut point de semblable à lui parmi tous les rois de Juda, non plus que parmi ceux qui avaient été avant lui.
German Elberfelder 1871	Er vertraute auf Jehova, den Gott Israels; und nach ihm ist seinesgleichen nicht gewesen unter allen Königen von Juda, noch unter denen, die vor ihm waren.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	In Domino Deo Israël speravit: itaque post eum non fuit similis ei de cunctis regibus Juda, sed neque in his qui ante eum fuerunt: