Text: 2 Kings 18:5-6
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 10:20
Subject: Hezekiah embodies Deuteronomic faithfulness
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Analogy
Significance: In 2 Kings 18:5-6, Hezekiah "trusted in the LORD... he held fast to the LORD (דָּבַק בַּיהוָה, davaq baYHWH) and did not depart from following Him, but kept the commandments that the LORD had commanded Moses." This language directly echoes Deuteronomy 10:20: "You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him (בּוֹ תִדְבָּק, bo tidbaq)." The narrator evaluates Hezekiah using the exact Deuteronomic vocabulary for covenant faithfulness — holding fast (דבק), not departing, keeping commandments — presenting him as the king who most fully embodied the Deuteronomic ideal of Torah-obedient loyalty to Yahweh.