Other good kings, like Solomon, Jehoshaphat, Joash, and Amaziah, had fallen away in their later years. Hezekiah remained firm to the last. The phra…

For he clave. — And he held fast. Hezekiah’s pious feeling.

But kept. — And he kept.<…

For he clung to the Lord
To his worship and service; to the fear of the Lord, as the Targum:

Hezekiah was a true son of David. Some others did what was right, but not like David. Let us not suppose that when times and people are bad, they m…