He shall not come into this city - Sennacherib probably encamped on the northeast side of the city, and his army was destroyed ther…

Nor come before it with shields. —The clause points to the two forms of attack:

1. the invaders marching to the…

Therefore thus says Jehovah. He now returns to the deliverance of which he had formerly spoken. For God promised:

1. that he wou…

Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria ,
&c.] The issue of his expedition, and the fruitfulness…

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