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Hezekiah Destroys Idolatry in Judah

2 Kings 18:6

In 11 translations

BSB
He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.
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
WEB
For he joined with Yahweh. He didn’t depart from following him, but kept his commandments, which Yahweh commanded Moses.
ASV
For he clave to Jehovah; he departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses.
LSV
and he cleaves to YHWH, he has not turned aside from after Him, and keeps His commands that YHWH commanded Moses.
YLT
and he cleaveth to Jehovah, he hath not turned aside from after Him, and keepeth His commands that Jehovah commanded Moses.
DBY
And he clave to Jehovah, and did not turn aside from following him, but kept his commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses.
DRC
And he stuck to the Lord, and departed not from his steps, but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses.
GNV
For he claue to the Lord, and departed not from him, but kept his commandements, which the Lord had commanded Moses.
JPS
For he cleaved to the LORD, he departed not from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
LXXE
And he clave to the Lord, he departed not from following him; and he kept his commandments, as many as he commanded Moses.Gr. from behind him.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּדְבַּק֙ בַּֽיהוָ֔ה לֹא־סָ֖ר מֵאַֽחֲרָ֑יו וַיִּשְׁמֹר֙ מִצְוֺתָ֔יו אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐκολλήθη τῷ Κυρίῳ, οὐκ ἀπέστη ὄπισθεν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐφύλαξε τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ ὅσας ἐνετείλατο Μωυσῇ.

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👤 God👤 Moses◆ Reign of Hezekiah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Joshua 23:8Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
  • Deuteronomy 10:20You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
  • John 14:15If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
  • Acts 11:23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
  • 2 Kings 17:13Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and…
  • 1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
  • John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
  • 2 Kings 17:16They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
  • John 14:21Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
  • Jeremiah 11:4which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God.’
  • John 15:10If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
  • 2 Kings 17:19and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.

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