John Trapp on Isaiah 20:1

CHAP. XX.

Ver. 1. IN the year that Tartan] A certain Commander under Sennacherib, 2 King. 18.17. who came againſt Aſhdod (among other Cities of Judah) about the twelfth year of King Hezekiah.

Came to Aſhdod] Called alſo Azotus, Act. 8.40. and much praiſed by Herodotus in Euterpe.

When Sargon] That is, Sennacherib moſt likely, who had ſeven Names, ſaith Hierom: eighth, ſay ſome Rabbins. Commodus the Roman Emperour took unto himſelf as many names as there are months in the year;1 [illegible: 1 letter]on. which alſo he changed ever and anon, but conſtantly kept that of Exuperans, becauſe he would have been thought to excel all men. The like might be true of Sargon.

Herod. l. 2. And fought againſt Aſhdod and took it] Pſammetichus King of Egypt had before taken it, after a very long ſiege; now it is taken again from the Aegyptian by the Aſſyrian; to teach them and others, not to truſt to Forts and fenced Cities.