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.
2 Kings 18:6 in other translations
| BSB | He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses. |
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| WEB | For he joined with the LORD. He didn’t depart from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. |
| ASV | For he clave to Jehovah; he departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses. |
| YLT | and he cleaveth to Jehovah, he hath not turned aside from after Him, and keepeth His commands that Jehovah commanded Moses. |
| DARBY | And he clave to Jehovah, and did not turn aside from following him, but kept his commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses. |
| BBE | For his heart was fixed on the Lord, not turning from his ways, and he did his orders which the Lord gave to Moses. |
| Webster | For he cleaved to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. |
What does 2 Kings 18:6 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…
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…
2 Kings 18:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 18:6
- Deuteronomy 10:20
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
- Joshua 23:8
But cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day.
- John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
- Acts 11:23
Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
- John 15:14
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
- 1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
- 2 Kings 17:13
Yet the Lord testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
- John 14:21
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
- Jeremiah 11:4
Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:
- 2 Kings 17:16
And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
- 2 Kings 17:19
Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
- John 15:10
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
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De 10:20; Jos 23:8; Ac 11:23
from following him. Heb. from after him. kept.
17:13,16,19; Jer 11:4; Joh 14:15,21; 15:10,14; 1Jo 5:3
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Context
- 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.
- 2 Kings 18:7
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.
2 Kings 18:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque se llegó á Jehová, y no se apartó de él, sino que guardó los mandamientos que Jehová prescribió á Moisés. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il s’attacha à l’ Éternel; il ne se détourna point de lui, et il garda ses commandements, que l’ Éternel avait commandés à Moïse. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er hing Jehova an, er wich nicht von ihm ab; und er beobachtete seine Gebote, die Jehova dem Mose geboten hatte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et adhæsit Domino, et non recessit a vestigiis ejus, fecitque mandata ejus, quæ præceperat Dominus Moysi. |