King James Version
2 Kings 18:7 in the King James Version says “And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, an...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.”
2 Kings 18:7 · KJV
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.
For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. from: Heb. from after him
And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. Gaza: Heb. Azzah
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“whithersoever he went forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“was with him and he prospered”
H7919to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
“of Assyria”
H804ashshur, the second son of shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., assyria), its region and its empire
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and served”
H5647to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc
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