"And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done. He removed the high places and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the wooden image and broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and called it Nehushtan 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. For he held fast to the Lord; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses. The Lord was with him; he prospered wherever he went. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. He subdued the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
2 Kings 18,3-8 NKJV.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hezekiah
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Hezekiah
Hezekiah (born 741 BC, sole ruler 716/15–687/86), was the son of Ahaz and the thirteenth king of Judah according to the Hebrew Bible. He is described as "the best-attested figure in biblical history," due to the extensive documentation of his reign in biblical texts and external sources (notably Assyrian inscriptions). His reign was marked by his significant religious reforms and his revolt against the Assyrian Empire. He witnessed the destruction of the northern Kingdom of Israel by the Assyria
5 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Hezekiah →
Related Quotes
"And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of t…"
"ndeed it was for my own peace / That I had great bitterness; / But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit o…"
"Hezekiah fortified his city / and brought water into it; / with iron tools he cut through the rock / and built cister…"
"This same Hezekiah closed the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed their course down to the west side of …"
"He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from …"
"So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine ha…"
"Now it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on…"
"Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem. Je…"
"The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, / Was caught in their pits, / Of whom we said, “Under his shado…"
"Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah."