Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz." — 2 Kings 19:2 (ASV)
And he sent Eliakim ... —See the Note on 2 Kings 3:12; and compare with 2 Kings 13:14; 2 Kings 22:14; Jeremiah 37:3. Knobel (on Isaiah) remarks that this distinguished embassy speaks for the high estimation in which the prophet stood.
The elders of the priests — i.e., the heads of the sacerdotal caste (próceres, not senes).