6 For he joined with Yahweh; he didn't depart from following him, but kept his commandments, which Yahweh commanded Moses.
*Minor differences ignored. Grouped by changes, with first version listed as example.
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.
*More commentary available at chapter level.