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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

2 Kings 18:7 → 1 Samuel 18:14

Echo

Later text

2 Kings 18:7BSB

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

Earlier text

1 Samuel 18:14BSB

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

Significance

In 2 Kings 18:7, Hezekiah "prospered wherever he went" because "the LORD was with him." This echoes 1 Samuel 18:14, where David "continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him" (וַיְהִי דָוִד לְכָל־דְּרָכָיו מַשְׂכִּיל וַיהוָה עִמּוֹ). The shared formula — divine presence producing universal success (שָׂכַל, sakhal, "to prosper/act wisely") — establishes a direct link between Hezekiah and the young David. Both men's military and political success is attributed not to personal ability but to Yahweh's accompanying presence, confirming their status as model Davidic rulers.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Analogy — the identical success-through-presence formula (שָׂכַל prospering because "the LORD was with him") links Hezekiah's account to David's: the narrator measures Hezekiah by the Davidic paradigm, attributing royal success to accompanying divine presence rather than personal ability