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Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
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A Visible Sign of Grief
Commentators unanimously explain that tearing clothes was a common and powerful expression of deep distress in ancient Jewish culture. The officials' action was a visible sign of their grief and horror, prompted by the combination of Rabshakeh's blasphemy against God and the terrifying threat of destruction facing their city and people.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
With their clothes torn - This was a common mark of grief among the Jews (see 2 Samuel 3:21; 1 Kings 21:27; [Referen…
19th Century
Anglican
With their clothes torn. —The act was the natural expression of their horror at the blasphemy of Rabshakeh’s words. ([Reference Ac…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then came Eliakim, that was over the household: The first of the commissioners sent to Rabshakeh: and Shebna …
13th Century
Catholic
And it came to pass in the fourteenth year. Here the author recounts, as a historical account, the destruction of the A…
