That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou [art] now the blessed of the LORD.
Ver. 29. Thou art now the blessed of the Lord.] This they had observed, and therefore did him this honour. So the king of Babylon sent ambassadors and a present to Hezekiah, because he had heard of the miracle of the sun's going back for him. Now, because the sun, which was their god, had honoured him so much, the king of Babylon would honour him too, as Abulensis hath well observed. a
a Abulens. in 2 Kings 20:1,21 .