And the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh was with him. Wherever he went, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria, and didn’t serve him.
- KJV And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
- NKJV The Lord was with him; he prospered wherever he went. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.
- NASB And the Lord was with him; wherever he went he was successful. And he revolted against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.
- NLT So the Lord was with him, and Hezekiah was successful in everything he did. He revolted against the king of Assyria and refused to pay him tribute.
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Quick answer
Because Yahweh was with him, Hezekiah prospered and successfully rebelled against Assyria's domination. God's presence, not military might, was the source of his success.
Overview
The LORD's blessing accompanied Hezekiah's faithfulness, granting him success wherever he turned. His rebellion against Assyria was an act of trust in God rather than continued vassalage, though it would invite Sennacherib's invasion. The phrase 'Yahweh was with him' echoes the blessing on faithful leaders like Joseph and David. Ultimately God's presence with his people is secured in Christ, Immanuel, 'God with us.'
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Rom 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- 2 Kgs 16:7So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”
- Ps 60:12With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
- Gen 39:2–3And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
- 2 Chr 32:30It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.
- Ps 1:3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
- Matt 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- 1 Sam 18:14and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.
- 2 Chr 31:21He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.
- 2 Kgs 18:20You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
- Matt 1:23“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
- Ps 46:11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- 2 Chr 15:2So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
- 1 Sam 18:5So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.
- 2 Sam 8:6Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
- Acts 7:9–10Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
- Gen 21:22At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
- 2 Sam 8:14He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
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