Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:6
For he cleaved to the LORD, [and] departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
6. and departed not ] R.V. he departed not. Thus italics are avoided, and the emphasis of the verse seems to be strengthened.
which the Lord commanded Moses ] Another indication that the compiler of Kings, or it may be the earlier authority from which he drew, accepted the Law as given by God to Moses. See also below in verse 12.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Other good kings, as Solomon, Jehoshaphat, Joash, and Amaziah, had fallen away in their later years. Hezekiah remained firm to the last. The phrase cleaving to God is frequent in Deuteronomy, but rare elsewhere.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Departed not from following him, in the general course of his life and especially in the matters of Gods worship.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
For he clave to the Lord,…. To his worship and service; to the fear of the Lord, as the Targum:
and departed not from following him; from his worship, as the same paraphrase:
but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses; both moral, ceremonial, and judicial.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(6) For he clave.And he held fast. Hezekiahs pious feeling.
But kept.And he kept. Hezekiahs practice. The context shows that the commandments specially in the writers mind were those against polytheism.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ki 18:6 For he clave to the LORD, [and] departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
Ver. 6. For he clave to the Lord. ] Indivulse: and this he knew to be his duty, from Deu 4:4 ; Deu 10:20 ; Jos 23:8 , sc., to embrace the Lord with faith and love: to adhere unto him as his head and husband, with all his heart and soul. He “departed not from following him,” as it is here expounded, “but kept his commandments,” the best proof of his love.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
and. This “and” is contained in some codices, two early printed editions, Syriac, and Vulgate. The Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) emphasizing the Figure of speech Synonymies, by which the phrases are heaped up to express Hezekiah’s goodness,
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
he clave: None of the kings of Judah, from the time of the division of the kingdom, equalled Hezekiah in the stedfastness and simplicity of his dependence upon the Lord; in which he aspired to an equality with his progenitor David, who had reigned over the whole land. Even Asa, through weakness of faith, sought the assistance of a heathen prince; and Jehoshaphat formed an alliance with idolatrous Ahab; but Hezekiah clave to the Lord, in entire confidence and unreserved obedience, to the end of his life. Deu 10:20, Jos 23:8, Act 11:23
from following him: Heb. from after him
kept: 2Ki 17:13, 2Ki 17:16, 2Ki 17:19, Jer 11:4, Joh 14:15, Joh 14:21, Joh 15:10, Joh 15:14, 1Jo 5:3