Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Hezekiah no doubt believed that in the "counsel" of Eliakim and Isaiah, and in the "strength" promised him by Egypt, he had resources which justified him in provoking a war.
Vain words - literally, as in margin, i. e., a mere word, to which the facts do not correspond.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Kings 18:20:
Isaiah 36:5
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