After this. Omitting the account of the surrender of 2 Kings 18:14.
send his servants. Compare 2 Kings 18:17-37; 2 Kings 19:1-35.Isaiah 10:8-11. Isa 10:36. Isa 10:37.
against Lacnish.. difficult task, for Rab-shakeh found Sennacherib had abandoned the siege (2 Kings 19:8). Joshua had found it the same (see note on "second day", Joshua 10:31; Joshua 10:32). In Jeremiah 34:7 it still belonged to Judah.
power. royal retinue.