2 Kings 18:7 “And the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He…”

2 Kings 18:7

And the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The LORD was with him. Wherever he went, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria, and didn’t serve him.

American Standard Version

And Jehovah was with him; whithersoever he went forth he prospered: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

Geneva Bible 1599

So the Lord was with him, and he prospered in all thinges, which he tooke in hande: also he rebelled against the King of Asshur, and serued him not.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah was with him; he prospered whithersoever he went forth. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehovah hath been with him, in every place where he goeth out he acteth wisely, and he rebelleth against the king of Asshur, and hath not served him;

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord was with him; he did well in all his undertakings: and he took up arms against the king of Assyria and was his servant no longer.

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Cross references

“And the Lord”

Psalm 60:12 1 Samuel 18:14 Matthew 28:20 2 Chronicles 15:2 Psalm 46:11 Matthew 1:23

Psalm 60:12 · BSB

With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.

1 Samuel 18:14 · BSB

and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.

Matthew 28:20 · BSB

and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

2 Chronicles 15:2 · BSB

So 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…

Psalm 46:11 · BSB

The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

Matthew 1:23 · BSB

“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” ).

“he prospered”

Romans 8:31 2 Chronicles 31:21 2 Chronicles 32:30 Psalm 1:3 1 Samuel 18:5 2 Samuel 8:6

Romans 8:31 · BSB

What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

2 Chronicles 31:21 · BSB

He acted with all his heart 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 Chronicles 32:30 · BSB

It 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.

Psalm 1:3 · BSB

He 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.

1 Samuel 18:5 · BSB

So 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 Samuel 8:6 · BSB

Then 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.

“rebelled”

2 Kings 16:7 2 Kings 18:20

2 Kings 16:7 · BSB

So 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.”

2 Kings 18:20 · BSB

You 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?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.

8He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.

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