For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.

And he stuck to the Lord, and departed not from his steps, but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses.

And he clave to Jehovah, and did not turn aside from following him, but kept his commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses.

For he cleaved to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.

and he cleaveth to Jehovah, he hath not turned aside from after Him, and keepeth His commands that Jehovah commanded Moses.

For he held to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.

For his heart was fixed on the Lord, not turning from his ways, and he did his orders which the Lord gave to Moses.

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.

Other good kings, as Solomon, Jehoshaphat, Joash, and Amaziah, had fallen away in their later years. Hezekiah remained firm to the last. The phrase "cleaving to God" is frequent in Deuteronomy, but rare elsewhere.

For he clave to the Lord,.... To his worship and service; to the fear of the Lord, as the Targum:
and departed not from following him; from his worship, as the same paraphrase:
but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses; both moral, ceremonial, and judicial.

בּיי ידבּק: he adhered faithfully to Jehovah (דּבק as in 1-Kings 11:2), and departed not from Him, i.e., he never gave himself up to idolatry.