King of Ethiopia, Heb. of Cush, i.e. either,
1. Of Arabia, as that word is most commonly meant; of which see the notes, and especially my Latin Synopsis, upon Numbers 12:1. Or rather,
2. Of Ethiopia beyond Egypt. Nor was there any need that he should force his passage through Egypt, which is objected against this opinion by a very learned man; because the Egyptians (against whom this Sennacherib warred, as heathen historians, Herodotus and Berosus, relate) and the Ethiopians were confederates in this expedition, as Josephus expressly affirms; who lived above 1600 years nearer the time when this was done than we, and therefore was more likely to understand it.