2 Kings 18 · Verse 7

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 18:7, King James Version

2 Kings 18:7 in other translations

BSBAnd the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.
WEBThe LORD was with him. Wherever he went, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria, and didn’t serve him.
ASVAnd Jehovah was with him; whithersoever he went forth he prospered: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
YLTAnd Jehovah hath been with him, in every place where he goeth out he acteth wisely, and he rebelleth against the king of Asshur, and hath not served him;
DARBYAnd Jehovah was with him; he prospered whithersoever he went forth. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
BBEAnd the Lord was with him; he did well in all his undertakings: and he took up arms against the king of Assyria and was his servant no longer.
WebsterAnd the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

What does 2 Kings 18:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 18:7-8
7-8. he rebelled against the king of Assyria--that is, the yearly tribute his father had stipulated to pay, he, with imprudent haste, withdrew. Pursuing the policy of a truly theocratic sovereign, he was, through the divine blessing which rested on his government, raised to a position of great public and national strength. Shalmaneser had withdrawn from Palestine, being engaged perhaps in a war with Tyre, or probably he was dead. Assuming, consequently, that full independent sovereignty which God had settled on the house of David, he both shook off the Assyrian yoke, and, by an energetic movement against the Philistines, recovered from that people the territory which they had taken from his father Ahaz (2Ch 28:18).

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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 18:7 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.

וְהָיָ֤הve.ha.Yahand he wasH1961
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
עִמּ֔וֹi.Mowith himH5973
בְּכֹ֥לbe.Kholin allH3605
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-thatH834
יֵצֵ֖אye.Tze'he went outH3318
יַשְׂכִּ֑ילyas.Kilhe prosperedH7919
וַיִּמְרֹ֥דvai.yim.Rodand he rebelledH4775
בְּמֶֽלֶךְ\־be.Me.lekh-against [the] king ofH4428
אַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurAssyriaH804
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
עֲבָדֽוֹ\׃a.va.Dohe served himH5647

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 18:7

  • Genesis 39:2-3

    And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

  • Romans 8:31

    What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

  • Psalms 60:12

    Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

  • 2 Kings 16:7

    So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.

  • Matthew 28:20

    Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

  • Psalms 1:3

    And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

  • 1 Samuel 18:14

    And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him.

  • 2 Chronicles 31:21

    And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:30

    This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:2

    And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

  • Psalms 46:11

    The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

  • 2 Kings 18:20

    Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And the Lord.
Ge 21:22; 39:2,3; 1Sa 18:14; 2Ch 15:2; Ps 46:11; 60:12; Mt 1:23
Mt 28:20; Ac 7:9,10
he prospered.
Ge 39:2; 1Sa 18:5,14; *marg:
2Sa 8:6,14; 2Ch 31:21; 32:30; Ps 1:3; 60:12; Ro 8:31
rebelled.
20; 16:7

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Context

  • 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 18:8

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

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2 Kings 18:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Jehová fué con él; y en todas las cosas á que salía prosperaba. El se rebeló contra el rey de Asiria, y no le sirvió.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel fut avec lui: partout où il allait, il prospéra. Et il se révolta contre le roi d’Assyrie, et ne le servit pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jehova war mit ihm; überall, wohin er zog, gelang es ihm. Und er empörte sich gegen den König von Assyrien und diente ihm nicht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Unde et erat Dominus cum eo, et in cunctis ad quæ procedebat, sapienter se agebat. Rebellavit quoque contra regem Assyriorum, et non servivit ei.