2 KINGS 18:5

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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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.”

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2 Kings 18:5 Translation & Meaning

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He trusted בָּטָ֑ח Properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure trusted
in the Lord בַּֽיהוָ֥ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
God אֱלֹהֵֽי Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
of Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel
so that after וְאַֽחֲרָ֞יו Properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) so that after
him was הָיָ֣ה To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) him was
none לֹֽא Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles none
like him כָמֹ֗הוּ As, thus, so like
among all בְּכֹל֙ Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) among all
the kings מַלְכֵ֣י A king kings
of Judah, יְהוּדָ֔ה Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory Judah
nor that וַֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc nor that
any (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
were הָי֖וּ To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) were
before לְפָנָֽיו׃ The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) before
him. לְפָנָֽיו׃ The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) him

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  • 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 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.

  • 5  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.

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

  • 7  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.




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