2 Kings 18:3-6
approved <05869 03477> [right in the sight.]
David <01732> [according.]
eliminated <05493> [removed.]
smashed ............... demolished <07665 03807> [brake.]
sacred pillars <04676> [images. Heb. statues. the brasen serpent.]
time <03117> [unto those days.]
Nehushtan <05180> [Nehushtan.]
That is, a piece of brass.
trusted <0982> [trusted.]
kings ....... after <0310 04428> [after him.]
loyal <01692> [he clave.]
None of the kings of Judah, from the time of the division of the kingdom, equalled Hezekiah in the stedfastness and simplicity of his dependence upon the Lord; in which he aspired to an equality with his progenitor David, who had reigned over the whole land. Even Asa, through weakness of faith, sought the assistance of a heathen prince; and Jehoshaphat formed an alliance with idolatrous Ahab; but Hezekiah clave to the Lord, in entire confidence and unreserved obedience, to the end of his life.
him ... obeyed <0310 08104> [from following him. Heb. from after him. kept.]
