The servants. — Or, attendants. The word is rather more special in sense than servant, denoting Apparently personal attendant. Delitzsch renders “squires.”. (Comp. 2 Kings 4:12; 2 Kings 5:20; 2 Kings 8:4; Exodus 33:11; Judges 7:10; 2 Samuel 9:9; 1 Kings 20:15.)
Blasphemed. — Not the same root as in 2 Kings 19:3. (Psalms 44:16; Isaiah 51:7; Numbers 15:30.)