2 Kings 18:5

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.

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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.

In Context

4He had the high places taken away, and the stone pillars broken to bits, and the Asherah cut down; and the brass snake which Moses had made was crushed to powder at his order, because in those days the children of Israel had offerings burned before it, and he gave it the name Nehushtan.

6For his heart was fixed on the Lord, not turning from his ways, and he did his orders which the Lord gave to Moses.

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Cross References

2 Kings 19:10This is what you are to say to Hezekiah, king of Judah: Let not your God, in whom is your faith, give you a false hope, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 23:25Never 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.

2 Chronicles 16:7At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa, king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have put your faith in the king of Aram and not in the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has got away out of your hands.

2 Chronicles 20:35After this Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became friends with Ahaziah, king of Israel, who did much evil:

2 Chronicles 32:8With him is an arm of flesh; but we have the Lord our God, helping us and fighting for us. And the people put their faith in what Hezekiah, king of Judah, said.

Psalms 13:5But I have had faith in your mercy; my heart will be glad in your salvation.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 18:2-9

Hezekiah's Good Reign. ( b. c. 726.) 1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. 2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , according to all that David his father did. 4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the… Read the whole commentary →

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