2 Kings 18:5

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“Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.”

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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“He trusted in Jehovah, the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among them that were before him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“In Jehovah, God of Israel, he hath trusted, and after him there hath not been like him among all the kings of Judah, nor <FI>among any<Fi> who were before him;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Kings 18:5 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Kings 18:19The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?
  2. 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.
  3. 2 Kings 19:15And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
  4. 2 Kings 23:25Neither 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.
  5. 2 Chronicles 14:11Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
  6. 2 Chronicles 16:7At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
  7. 2 Chronicles 20:20Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”
  8. 2 Chronicles 20:35Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.
  9. 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.
  10. 2 Chronicles 32:8With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
  11. Job 13:15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
  12. Psalms 13:5But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.
  13. Psalms 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
  14. Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
  15. Psalms 84:12O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!
  16. Psalms 146:5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
  17. Jeremiah 17:7But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
  18. Matthew 27:43He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
  19. Ephesians 1:12in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.

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