2 Kings 23 · Verse 25

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 23:25, King James Version

2 Kings 23:25 in other translations

BSBNeither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.
WEBThere was no king like him before him, who 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; and there was none like him who arose after him.
ASVAnd like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to Jehovah 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.
YLTAnd like him there hath not been before him a king who turned back unto Jehovah with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses, and after him there hath none risen like him.
DARBYAnd before him there had been no king like him that turned to Jehovah 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 his like.
BBENever before had there been a king like him, turning to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his power, as the law of Moses says; and after him there was no king like him.
WebsterAnd like 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.

What does 2 Kings 23:25 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Like unto him was there no king - Perhaps not one from the time of David; and, morally considered, including David himself, none ever sat on the Jewish throne, so truly exemplary in his own conduct, and so thoroughly zealous in the work of God. David was a greater but not a better man than Josiah.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 23:25-30
Upon reading these verses, we must say, Lord, though thy righteousness be as the great mountains, evident, plainly to be seen, and past dispute; yet thy judgments are a great deep, unfathomable, and past finding out. The reforming king is cut off in the midst of his usefulness, in mercy to him, that he might not see the evil coming upon his kingdom: but in wrath to his people, for his death was an inlet to their desolations. (2Ki 23:31-37)

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Kings 23:25 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.

וְכָמֹהוּ֩ve.kha.mo.Huand like himH3644
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
הָיָ֨הha.Yahhe had beenH1961
לְפָנָ֜יוle.fa.Nav<to> before himH6440
מֶ֗לֶךְMe.lekha kingH4428
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whoH834
שָׁ֤בshavhe turned backH7725
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
בְּכָל\־be.kholwith allH3605
לְבָב֤וֹle.va.Voheart hisH3824
וּבְכָל\־u.ve.Khol-and with allH3605
נַפְשׁוֹ֙naf.Shobeing hisH5315
וּבְכָל\־u.ve.Khol-and with allH3605
מְאֹד֔וֹme.'o.Dostrength hisH3966
כְּכֹ֖לke.Kholaccording to allH3605
תּוֹרַ֣תto.Rat[the] law ofH8451
מֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehMosesH4872
וְאַחֲרָ֖יוve.'a.cha.Ravand after himH310
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
קָ֥םkamhe aroseH6965
כָּמֹֽהוּ\׃ka.Mo.hulike himH3644

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Cross references for 2 Kings 23:25

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 29:13

    And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

  • 1 Kings 8:48

    And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

  • Deuteronomy 6:5

    And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

  • John 1:17

    For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Kings 23:3

    And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

  • 1 Kings 2:4

    That the Lord may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

  • Deuteronomy 4:29

    But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

  • 1 Kings 15:5

    Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  • John 7:19

    Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

  • Malachi 4:4

    Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

  • Nehemiah 10:29

    They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3363-3394. B.C. 641-610. unto him.
18:5
that turned.
3; De 4:29; 6:5; 1Ki 2:4; 8:48; 15:5; Jer 29:13
according.
Ne 10:29; Mal 4:4; Joh 1:17; 7:19

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Context

  • 2 Kings 23:24

    Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.

  • 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 23:26

    Notwithstanding the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.

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2 Kings 23:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No hubo tal rey antes de él que se convirtiese á Jehová de todo su corazón, y de toda su alma, y de todas su fuerzas, conforme á toda la ley de Moisés; ni después de él nació otro tal.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Avant lui il n’y eut pas de roi semblable à lui, qui se soit retourné vers l’ Éternel de tout son cœur, et de toute son âme, et de toute sa force, selon toute la loi de Moïse; et après lui, il ne s’en est pas levé de semblable à lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und vor ihm ist seinesgleichen kein König gewesen, der zu Jehova umgekehrt wäre mit seinem ganzen Herzen und mit seiner ganzen Seele und mit seiner ganzen Kraft, nach allem Gesetz Moses; und nach ihm ist seinesgleichen nicht aufgestanden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Similis illi non fuit ante eum rex, qui reverteretur ad Dominum in omni corde suo, et in tota anima sua, et in universa virtute sua juxta omnem legem Moysi: neque post eum surrexit similis illi.