2 Kings 18:6

and he did cleave unto Yahweh, he turned not away from following him,—but kept his commandments, which, Yahweh, commanded, Moses.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.

In Context

5In Yahweh, God of Israel, did he trust,—so that, after him, was none like him, among all the kings of Judah, nor that were before him;

7So Yahweh was with him, whithersoever he went forth, he prospered,—and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 10:12Now, therefore, O Israel, what is, Yahweh thy God, asking of thee,—but to revere Yahweh thy God to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul:

Joshua 23:8But, unto Yahweh your God, must ye cleave,—as, ye have done until this day;

2 Kings 17:16But they forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made for themselves something molten—two calves, and made a Sacred Stem, and bowed themselves down to all the army of the heavens, and served Baal;

2 Kings 20:3I beseech thee, O Yahweh, remember, I pray thee, how I have walked before thee, in truth, and with a whole heart, and, that which is good in thine eyes, have I done! And Hezekiah wept aloud.

John 14:15If ye be loving me, my commandments, ye will keep;

John 15:10If, my commandments, ye keep, ye shall abide in my love,—just as, I, the Father’s commandments, have kept, and abide in his love.

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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