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Then came forth to him Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder.
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A Prophecy Fulfilled
Commentators unanimously highlight that the officials listed fulfill an earlier prophecy from Isaiah 22. Eliakim, a godly man, has been promoted to the highest office, while Shebna has been demoted to a lesser role, just as God had declared. This demonstrates that God's word is trustworthy and His plans unfold in His timing, even in a national crisis.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Then came forth to him - Isaiah has here omitted what is recorded in 2 Kings 18:18, namely, that Rabshakeh and his companions ‘c…
19th Century
Anglican
Eliakim. —It is significant that Eliakim now fills the office which, a short time before, had been filled by Shebna, while the lat…
16th Century
Protestant
And Eliakim went to him. Eliakim was previously mentioned. It was he to whom the Lord promised that he would give him the chief power in t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then came forth unto him Being sent by Hezekiah; for otherwise Rabshakeh had the impudence to call to him, in order to pa…
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…