2 Kings 18:6 · KJV
“For he clave to the LORD, {and} departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. {from...: Heb. from after him}”
— 2 Kings 18:6
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.
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 — Context
He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. {images: Heb. statues} {Nehushtan: that is, A piece of brass}
5He 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.
6For he clave to the LORD, {and} departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. {from...: Heb. from after him}
7And the LORD was with him; {and} he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
8He smote the Philistines, {even} unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. {Gaza: Heb. Azzah}
Cross References
Joshua 23:8
But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. {But cleave...: or, For if ye will cleave, etc}
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.
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. {by: Heb. by the hand of}
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: