2 Kings 18:5

Revised Standard Version

He trusted in the LORD the God of Israel; so that there was none like him among all the kings of Judah after him, nor among those who were before him.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Hezekiah relied on the Lord God of Israel; not one of the kings of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.

Hebrew Names Version
He trusted in the LORD, the God of Yisra'el; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Yehudah, nor [among them] that were before him.

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.

English Standard Version
He trusted in the Lord , the God of Israel, so that there was none like him among all the kings of Judah after him, nor among those who were before him.

New Century Version
Hezekiah trusted in the Lord , the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him.

New English Translation
He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after.

Amplified Bible
Hezekiah trusted in and relied confidently on the LORD, the God of Israel; so that after him there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before him.

New American Standard Bible
He trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel; and after him there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who came before him.

World English Bible
He trusted in Yahweh, 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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
He trusted in the Lorde God of Israel: so that after him was none like him among all the Kings of Iudah, neither were there any such before him.

Legacy Standard Bible
He trusted in Yahweh, the God of Israel; so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before him.

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

Contemporary English Version
Hezekiah trusted the Lord God of Israel. No other king of Judah was like Hezekiah, either before or after him.

Complete Jewish Bible
He put his trust in Adonai the God of Isra'el; after him there was no one like him among all the kings of Y'hudah, nor had there been among those before him.

Darby Translation
He trusted in Jehovah the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [among any] that were before him.

Easy-to-Read Version
Hezekiah trusted in the Lord , the God of Israel. There was no one like Hezekiah among all the kings of Judah before him or after him.

George Lamsa Translation
He trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah nor among those who were before him.

Good News Translation
Hezekiah trusted in the Lord , the God of Israel; Judah never had another king like him, either before or after his time.

Lexham English Bible
He trusted in Yahweh the God of Israel; there was no one like him, before or after, among all the kings of Judah.

Literal Translation
He trusted in Jehovah the God of Israel, and after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He put his trust in the LORDE God of Israel, so that after him there was not his like amoge all the kynges of Iuda nether had bene before him.

American Standard Version
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.

Bible in Basic English
He had faith in the Lord, the God of Israel; so that there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah who were before him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He trusted in the Lorde God of Israel, so that after him was none lyke him among all the kinges of Iuda, neither were there any such before him.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
He trusted in the LORD, 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.

King James Version (1611)
He trusted in the Lord God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Iudah, nor any that were before him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; and after him there was not any like him among the kings of Juda, nor among those that were before him.

English Revised Version
He trusted in the LORD, 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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he hopide in the Lord God of Israel; therfor aftir hym noon was lijk hym of alle the kyngis of Juda, but `and nether in tho kyngis that weren bifor hym.

Young's Literal Translation
In Jehovah, God of Israel, he hath trusted, and after him there hath not been like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [among any] who were before him;

Update Bible Version
He trusted in Yahweh, 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

New 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 who were before him.

New Living Translation
Hezekiah trusted in the Lord , the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before or after his time.

New Life Bible
Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah before him or after him.

New Revised Standard
He trusted in the Lord the God of Israel; so that there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah after him, or among those who were before him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In Yahweh, God of Israel, did he trust, - so that, after him, was none like him, among all the kings of Judah, nor that were before him;

Douay-Rheims Bible
He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel: so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Juda, nor any of them that were before him:

THE MESSAGE
Hezekiah put his whole trust in the God of Israel. There was no king quite like him, either before or after. He held fast to God —never loosened his grip—and obeyed to the letter everything God had commanded Moses. And God , for his part, held fast to him through all his adventures.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel; so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before him.

Contextual Overview

¹ In the third year of Hoshe'a son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezeki'ah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign. ² He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechari'ah. ³ And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. ⁴ He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Ashe'rah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had burned incense to it; it was called Nehush'tan. ⁵ He trusted in the LORD the God of Israel; so that there was none like him among all the kings of Judah after him, nor among those who were before him. ⁶ For he held fast to the LORD; he did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses. ⁷ And the LORD was with him; wherever he went forth, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria, and would not serve him. ⁸ He smote the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

trusted: 2 Kings 19:10, 2 Chronicles 32:7, 2 Chronicles 32:8, Job 13:15, Psalms 13:5, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 27:2, Psalms 46:1, Psalms 46:2, Psalms 84:12, Psalms 146:5, Psalms 146:6, Jeremiah 17:7, Jeremiah 17:8, Matthew 27:43, Ephesians 1:12

after him: 2 Kings 19:15-19, 2 Kings 23:25, 2 Chronicles 14:11, 2 Chronicles 16:7-9, 2 Chronicles 20:20, 2 Chronicles 20:35

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 18:22 - We trust 2 Kings 19:37 - Nisroch 2 Chronicles 13:18 - relied Psalms 71:1 - do I Isaiah 36:4 - What Isaiah 36:7 - We trust Isaiah 37:10 - Let not

Cross-References

Genesis 19:8
Behold, I have two daughters who have not known man; let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please; only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof."

Genesis 33:10
Jacob said, "No, I pray you, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand; for truly to see your face is like seeing the face of God, with such favor have you received me.

Judges 6:18
Do not depart from here, I pray thee, until I come to thee, and bring out my present, and set it before thee." And he said, "I will stay till you return."

Judges 13:15
Mano'ah said to the angel of the LORD, "Pray, let us detain you, and prepare a kid for you."

Judges 19:5
And on the fourth day they arose early in the morning, and he prepared to go; but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, "Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and after that you may go."

Psalms 104:15
and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread to strengthen man's heart.

Isaiah 3:1
For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;

Matthew 6:11
Give us this day our daily bread;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He trusted in the Lord God of Israel,.... To be his protector and defender, and had no dependence on idols as an arm of flesh; the Targum is, he trusted in the Word of the Lord God; not in Nehushtan, but in him the brasen serpent was a type of, even in the Word and Son of God, his alone Saviour and Redeemer:

so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah: for though Josiah was like him in some things, yet not in all:

nor any that were before him; from the times of the division of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah; and Ben Gersom and Abarbinel think that David and Solomon are not to be excepted; David sinning in the case of Uriah, and Solomon falling into idolatry, crimes that Hezekiah was not guilty of.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

After him was none like him - The same is said of Josiah (marginal reference). The phrase was probably proverbial, and was not taken to mean more than we mean when we say that such and such a king was one of singular piety.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 18:5. He trusted in the Lord — See the character of this good king:

1. He trusted in the Lord God of Israel;

2. He clave to the Lord;

3. He was steady in his religion; he departed not from following the Lord;

4. He kept God's commandments. And what were the consequences?

1. The Lord was with him;

2. He prospered whithersoever he went.