John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:12
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed ,.... They have not. But what then? is the God of Israel to be put upon a level with such dunghill gods? so Sennacherib reckoned him, as Rabshakeh before, in his name, Isaiah 36:18 , as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden, which were in Telassar . Gozan was the same, it may be, with the Gausanitis of Ptolemy F26 Geograph, l. 5. c. 18. which he makes mention of in his description of... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 37:8-20
We may observe here, 1. That, if God give us inward satisfaction in his promise, this may confirm us in our silently bearing reproaches. God answered Hezekiah, but it does not appear that he, after deliberation, sent any answer to Rabshakeh; but, God having taken the work into his own hands, he quietly left the matter with him. So Rabshakeh returned to the king his master for fresh instructions. 2. Those that delight in war shall have enough of it. Sennacherib, without provocation given to him... read more