Catholic Public Domain Version
"He hoped in the Lord, the God of Israel. And after him, there was no one similar to him, among all the kings of Judah, nor even among any of those who were before him. "
— 2 Kings 18:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.”
“He trusted in Jehovah, the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among them that were before him. ”
“He trusted in Yahweh, the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [among them] that were before him.”
“He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after.”
“He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel: so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Juda, nor any of them that were before him:”
“He had faith in the Lord, the God of Israel; so that there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah who were before him.”
“He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.”
He was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.
And he did what was good before the Lord, in accord with all that his father David had done.
He destroyed the high places, and he crushed the statues, and he cut down the sacred groves. And he broke apart the bronze serpent, which Moses had made. For even until that time, the sons of Israel were burning incense to it. And he called its name Nehushtan.
He hoped in the Lord, the God of Israel. And after him, there was no one similar to him, among all the kings of Judah, nor even among any of those who were before him.
And he clung to the Lord, and he did not withdraw from his footsteps, and he carried out his commandments, which the Lord had instructed to Moses.
Therefore, the Lord was also with him. And he conducted himself wisely in all the things to which he went forth. Also, he rebelled against the king of the Assyrians, and he did not serve him.
He struck the Philistines as far as Gaza, and in all their borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.