By thy servants hast thou defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field;
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By your servants - Hebrew, ‘By the hand of your servants.’ That is, by Rabshakeh (Isaiah 36:0), and by those w…

By the multitude of my chariots. —The words refer apparently to the taunt of Isaiah 36:8. The inscriptions of the Assyrian king ar…

By the hand of your servants. This also heightens the baseness and cruelty of the insult, for it is harder to bear reproaches from a serva…

By your servants have you reproached the Lord
Particularly by Rabshakeh, and the other two that were with him, who, …

And it came to pa , when King Hezekiah had heard it. In this part, the author shows how Hezekiah fought against the blasphemies …
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes