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Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

With their clothes torn - This was a common mark of grief among the Jews (see 2 Samuel 3:21; 1 Kings 21:27; [Referen…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

With their clothes torn. —The act was the natural expre ion of their horror at the blasphemy of Rabshakeh’s words. ([Reference Act…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Then came Eliakim. We now see that Eliakim and the other ambassadors were not silent, as if they either approved of Rabshakeh's impiety or…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Then came Eliakim, that was over the household: The first of the commissioners sent to Rabshakeh: and Shebna …

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
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    And it came to pa in the fourteenth year. Here the author recounts, as a historical account, the destruction of the A y…

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