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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

Isaiah 30:2 → 2 Kings 18:5

Echo

Later text

Isaiah 30:2BSB

They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh's protection and take refuge in Egypt's shade.

Earlier text

2 Kings 18:5BSB

Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.

Significance

In 2 Kings 18:5, Hezekiah is commended because "he trusted in the LORD" (בָּטַח בַּיהוָה, batach baYHWH) — unlike any king before or after him. Isaiah 30:2 indicts those who "go down to Egypt for help" and "trust in the shadow of Egypt" (לַחֲסוֹת בְּצֵל מִצְרַיִם, lachasot betsel Mitsrayim). The contrast is sharp: Hezekiah trusted in Yahweh, but elements within Judah sought Egyptian alliance instead. The Hezekiah narrative in Kings validates Isaiah's prophetic message — true security comes from trust in the LORD, not from foreign military alliances, and Hezekiah's successful resistance to Assyria proves the point.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Contrast