Bible Strands
2 Kings 18:5
Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records King Hezekiah’s character during his religious reforms and the Assyrian crisis, immediately after describing his destruction of idolatrous cult sites.
The words — בָּטָ֑ח (ba.Tach) means "he trusted," and כָמֹ֗/הוּ (kha.Mo./hu) translates literally as "like him."
The thread — The phrasing reappears in 2 Kings 23:25, which applies the same unique king formula to Josiah, while the trust motif surfaces in 2 Kings 19:10 as a taunt and in Matthew 27:43 as hostile mockery.
Why it lands — The text asks readers to examine what they place their confidence in and to recognize that exclusive adherence to God’s commandments, rather than institutional religion or political strategy, establishes a standard of faithfulness that history cannot duplicate.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 23:25 Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.
- 2 Kings 19:10 “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- Matthew 27:43 He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
- Ephesians 1:12 in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
- 2 Chronicles 32:7 “Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.
- Job 13:15 Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
- Psalms 13:5 But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.
- Psalms 27:1 Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?
- Psalms 84:12 O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!
- Psalms 146:5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,