John Trapp on Isaiah 7:2

Ver. 2. And it was told the houſe of David] i. e. the King and chief Officers of the Crown and Court. Ill news flyeth ſwift, and filleth all places.

Syria is confederate with Ephraim though theſe two were oft at deadly feud betwixt themſelves, yet they could combine for a miſchief to Gods people. So could Herodians and Phariſees, Herod and Pilate, &c. The Devil doubtleſs had a deſign by theſe two Champions of his to have utterly rooted out the Houſe of David (as he ſought alſo afterwards to do by Herod, Caligulae and others) and ſo to have prevented Chriſt his being made of the Seed of Abraham according to the fleſh, Rom. 1.3. but that could not be.

And his heart was moved] Concuſſum & conquaſſatum. Impiety triumpheth in proſperity: trembleth in adverſity. Tullus Hoſtilius, that godleſs King of Rome, ſet up Pavor and Pallor for Gods to himſelf. Saul and Achitophel in diſtreſs deſpaired, and diſpatcht themſelves: So did Demoſthenes, Cato, and other Heathen Sages, who were without God in the world, and therefore without comfort. Sin maketh men timorous, Lev. 26.36. but Righteouſneſs bold, Prov. 28.1. Pſalm 27.1. The Spirit of power and of a ſound mind are fitly ſet together, 2 Tim. 1.7.