Brought.Were bringing =used to bring.

Gifts.An offering (minchah), or tribute.

Presents to Hezekiah. — Among those who brought such were the envoys of Meroaach Baladan, king of Babylon (2 Kings 20:12). Probably also the neighbouring peoples — e.g., the Philistines — relieved from the pressure of the Assyrian invaders, would thus evince their gratitude to the God of Israel. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 18:11.)

So that he was magnified... nations. — Literally, and he was lifted up, to the eyes of all the nations.

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