Hezekiah did not answer Isaiah’s first question, “What said these men?” but only his second. He probably knew that Isaiah would oppose any reliance…

What did these men say? —“Isaiah, with that fearless assumption of a superior position which we have noticed in Isaiah 7:0, at onc…

(See Gill on 2 Kings 20:12)

The king of Babylon was at this time independent of the king of Assyria, though shortly after subdued by him. Hezekiah showed his treasures and arm…