2 Kings 18:6 - Exposition

For he clave to the Lord —rather, and he clave to the Lord ; i.e. he persevered through the whole of his life; he did not fall into sins at the last, like Asa and Azariah (see 2 Chronicles 16:7-12 ; 2 Chronicles 26:1-23 .' 16-21)— and departed not from following him. The writer probably considers "the princes of Judah" answerable for the embassy to Egypt mentioned in Isaiah 30:4 , and excuses Hezekiah's ostentatious display of his treasures to the ambassadors of Merodach-Baladan ( 2 Kings 20:13 ) as a weakness, not an actual breach of obedience. But kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses.