Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 18:5
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2 Kings18:5
5 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 .
Without calling in Foreign and Heathenish Succours to stablish or help him; which his Father Ahaz did; Chap. 16. 7. and Isa. 7. and before him Asa, 1 King. 15. 18, 19. with reflection upon whom this seems to be noted.
To wit, of the Kings of Iudah onely; for David and Solomon were Kings of all Israel. Object. The like is said of Iosiah, Chap. 23. 25. Ansiv. Each of them excelled the other in several qualities or actions: Hezekiah in this, That he fell upon this Work with great expedition, even in the beginning of his Reign, which Iosiah did not, Chap. 23. and with no less Resolution, undertaking to do that which none of his Predecessors durst do, even to remove the high Places, wherein Iosiah did onely follow his Example; Chap. 22. 1, 3.
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