1)

Why does it say "va'Yifreshehu" (singular)? Sancheriv sent Seforim (plural)!

1.

Radak #1: He spread one of them. My father explained, it was the one in which was blasphemy of Hashem.

2.

Radak #2: He spread each one of them.

2)

Why did Chizkiyah pray after reading the Seforim? He had already heard Sancheriv's blasphemy!

1.

Malbim (Yeshayah 37:14): Now he knew that the blasphemy was from Sancheriv himself [and not merely from his Sheluchim]. Therefore he know that Yeshayah's prophecy 1 will be fulfilled. Therefore he did not make Shalom and submit, rather, he took the Seforim to Beis Hashem to pray.


1

Presumably, this is "uvi'Yrushalayim Efkod Al Pri Godel Levav Melech Ashur" (Yeshayah 10:12). (PF).

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