2 Kings 18:5

Hezekiah trusted in Yahweh so completely that no king of Judah before or after matched him. Trust, not merely outward reform, defines his greatness.

Cross-references · 17

• 2 Kgs 23:25There was no king like him before him, who turned to Yahweh with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; and there was none like him who arose after him.
• 2 Kgs 19:10‘Tell Hezekiah king of Judah this: “Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
• Matt 27:43He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
• Eph 1:12to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
• 2 Chr 32:7–8“Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or dismayed because of the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude who is with him; for there is a greater one with us than with him.
• Ps 146:5–6Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:
• Job 13:15Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.
• Ps 27:1–2By David. Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
• Ps 13:5But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.
• Ps 84:12Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.
• 2 Chr 16:7–9At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, “Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on Yahweh your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped out of your hand.
• 2 Chr 20:35After this, Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. The same did very wickedly.
• 2 Kgs 19:15–19Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sit above the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
• 2 Chr 20:20They rose early in the morning, and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. As they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you will be established! Believe his prophets, so you will prosper.”
• 2 Chr 14:11Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said, “Yahweh, there is no one besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength. Help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely on you, and in your name are we come against this multitude. Yahweh, you are our God. Don’t let man prevail against you.”
• Ps 46:1–2For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
• Jer 17:7–8“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh.

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