Later text
Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him. He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.
Intertextuality Pair
2 Kings 18:5-6 → Deuteronomy 10:20
Allusion
Earlier text
You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
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Earlier text
For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—
Earlier text
You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.
Significance
In 2 Kings 18:5-6, "Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel," and "remained faithful to the LORD (דָּבַק בַּיהוָה, davaq baYHWH) and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses." The "hold fast" verb (דבק) is Deuteronomy's covenant-loyalty term. Deuteronomy 10:20 supplies the fear / serve / hold-fast idiom: "You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him (בּוֹ תִדְבָּק, bo tidbaq) and take your oaths in His name." But the fuller collocation the narrator reproduces — holding fast, not turning away, and keeping the commandments — is the exact language of Deuteronomy 11:22 ("carefully keep all these commandments … to hold fast to Him") and Deuteronomy 13:4 ("Keep His commandments … serve Him and hold fast to Him"), which pair דבק with commandment-keeping as 10:20 does not. The narrator thus evaluates Hezekiah in the Deuteronomic vocabulary of Torah-obedient loyalty, presenting him as the king who most fully embodied that ideal.
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- Reference Type
- Allusion
- Connection Method(s)
- Analogy
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