2 Kings 18:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

2 Kings 18:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

After him was none like him - The same is said of Josiah (marginal reference). The phrase was probably proverbial, and was not taken to mean more than we mean when we say that such and such a kin...
2 Kings 18:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 18-20. The Reign of Hezekiah. These three Chapter s give an account of the reign of the best king of Judah, and a parallel but somewhat less full account is found in Isaiah 36-39. There is...
2 Kings 18:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

trusted . confided. Hebrew. batah. App-69. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. none like him: i.e. for trust in Jehovah. Same praise given of Josiah ( 2 Kings 23:25 ), but in. different respect.
2 Kings 18:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. He trusted in the Lord - See the character of this good king:...
2 Kings 18:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

After him was none like him, &c.— This same commendation is given to Josiah, chap. Exodus 23:25 so that it must relate to some particular virtue wherein Hezekiah stood distinguished from the...
2 Kings 18:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. He trusted in the Lord God of Israel - without invoking t...
2 Kings 18:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hezekiah and Sennacherib This chapter describes the reign of Hezekiah of Judah, his religious reforms, and the invasion of Judah by Sennacherib, king of Assyria, who sent one of his officers to de...
2 Kings 18:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He trusted... Israel. — In Jehovah, the God of Israel he trusted. Hezekiah is thus contrasted with idolatrous kings, such as those who trusted in the Nehushtan. After him was none like him amon...
2 Kings 18:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

HEZEKIAH B.C. 715-686 2 Kings 18:1-37 "For Ezekias had done the thing that pleased the Lord, and was strong in the ways of David his father, as Esay the prophet, who was great and faithful in...
2 Kings 18:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Resolute Religious Reformer 2 Kings 18:1-12 It is wonderful that such a man as Ahaz should have had so good a son, but it is likely that Hezekiah had a good mother. See 2 Chronicles 29:1 ;...
2 Kings 18:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now begin the third section of this Book, which includes the story of the reigns of Hezekiah and Josiah, with a period of reaction and sin between the two. It is remarkable that such a man as Heze...
2 Kings 18:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Reader should carefully keep in view, in order to have a clear apprehension of those historical parts of the Bible, that the history of the two kingdoms, Israel and Judah, is so incorporated in o...
2 Kings 18:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

HEZEKIAH’S REFORMS ‘He removed the high places.’ 2 Kings 18:4 It is a mark of Hezekiah’s breadth of mind that he sought to unite the kingdoms in their worship. We read in Chronicles of his a...
2 Kings 18:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He trusted in the Lord God of Israel ,.... To be his protector and defender, and had no dependence on idols as an arm of flesh; the Targum is, he trusted in the Word of the Lord God; not in Nehushta...
2 Kings 18:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 5. He trusted in the Lord God of Israel ] His confidenc...
2 Kings 18:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He trusted in the Lord God of Israel In abolishing idolatry, there was danger, as has been intimated, of disobliging his subjects, and provoking them to rebel; but he trusted in the Lord to bear hi...
2 Kings 18:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH IN JUDAH (vv.1-16) In Judah the reign of Hezekiah provided a refreshing relief to the tendency of departure from God. It was during his reign that Assyria took Samaria into...
2 Kings 18:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hezekiah's Good Reign. B. C. 726. 1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son...
2 Kings 18:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He trusted in the Lord God of Israel, without calling in foreign and heathenish succours to stablish or help him; which his father Ahaz did, 2 Kings 16:7 Isa 7 ; and before him Asa, 1 Kings 15...
2 Kings 18:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Summary of Hezekiah's reign ( 2 Kings 18:4-8 ). The activities and accomplishments of Hezekiah are now summarised, and his continuing faithfulness to YHWH and consequent success come out in this s...
2 Kings 18:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH THE GOOD CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 18:1 . Hezekiah the son of Ahaz began to reign —See Note on chap. 2 Kings 16:2 as to the age of Ahaz. 2 Kings 18:4 ....
2 Kings 18:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

trusted ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 2:12 ).
2 Kings 18:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 18:4 . Nehushtan; that is, their brass, or mere brass, or parvum æs, corrupted brass, by way of contempt. In the Chronicum of Alexander, cited by Eusebius out of Anestasio Niceno, we a...
2 Kings 18:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea. A striking reformation, a ruthless despotism, and an unprincipled diplomacy I. A striking reformation ( 2 Kings 18:3-8 ). 1. The perverting t...
2 Kings 18:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 18-25 THE HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF JUDAH AFTER THE FALL OF SAMARIA . 2 Kings 18:1 THE ACCESSION OF HEZEKIAH . HIS SUCCESSES . HIS WAR W...
2 Kings 18:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hezekiah King over Judah
2 Kings 18:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 14:11 ; 2 Chronicles 16:7-9 ; 2 Chronicles 20:20 ; 2 Chronicles 20:35 ; 2 Chronicles 32:7 ; 2 Chronicles 32:8 ; 2 Kings 19:10 ; 2 Kings 19:15-19 ; 2 Kings 23:25 ; Ephesians 1:1...
2 Kings 18:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Trusted — Without calling in foreign succours to establish or help him; which his father Ahaz did; and before him Asa. Before him — Of the kings of Judah only; for David and Solomon were kings of a...

2 Kings 18:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 18:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 18:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 18:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 18:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 18:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 18:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 18:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 18:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 18:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 18:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 18:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 18:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 18:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 18:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 18:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 18:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 18:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 18:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 18:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 18:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 18:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

2 Kings 18:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 18:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 18:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 18:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 18:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 18:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes