And when he was come] The murder of Sennacherib did not occur till some 20 years after his Judean expedition (circa 701 B.C.), i.e. not till 681 B.C.
they that came forth] The Chronicler no doubt follows Isaiah xxxvii. 38, “Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him”; but the accuracy of the present text of this passage of Isaiah is doubtful, for in the parallel passage (2 Kings xix. 37, Kethīb) the words his sons are missing. The only notice of Sennacherib’s death known to us at present from the inscriptions reads “Sennacherib king of Assyria was slain by his son (singular) in a revolt.” No name is given to this son. (Driver in Hogarth, Authority and Archaeology, p. 109.)
²²Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side.
22. guided them on every side] Read, as the LXX., gave them rest on every side; compare xx. 30.
²³And many brought gifts unto the Lord to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
23. brought gifts] Compare Psalms lxviii. 29; Isaiah xviii. 7; Haggai ii. 7, 8.
24–33 (compare 2 Kings xx.; Isaiah xxxviii., xxxix.).
Hezekiah’s Sickness. The Ambassadors from Babylon. Hezekiah’s Death.
²⁴In those days Hezekiah was sick even unto death: and he prayed unto the Lord; and he spake unto him, and gave him a sign[¹].
[¹] Or, wonder.
24. Remark that this single verse epitomises 2 Kings xx. 1–11.