Isaiah 36:22

Then Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, the palace manager, Shebna the scribe, and Joah, son of Asaph, the record-keeper, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they told him what the Assyrian army general had said.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

21But the people remained silent and didn't say anything, for Hezekiah had given the order, “Don't answer him.”

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Cross References

Ezra 9:3When I heard about this, I tore my clothes, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down, absolutely appalled.

Isaiah 29:2But I'm going to cause trouble for Ariel; the city will cry and mourn, it will be like an altar hearth to me.

Isaiah 36:3Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, the palace manager, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah, son of Asaph, the record-keeper, went out to speak with him.

Isaiah 37:1When Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went into the Lord's Temple.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 36:12-22

Sennacherib's Insolent Message. ( b. c. 710.) 11 Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall. 12 But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? 13 Then Rabshakeh… Read the whole commentary →

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