Isaiah 36:22
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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Gill's Exposition
Then came Eliakim, that was over the household,.... The first of the commissioners sent to Rabshakeh:
and Shebna the Scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah: by which it seems…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
With their clothes rent - This was a common mark of grief among the Jews (see 2Sa 3:21; 1Ki 21:27; Ezr 9:3; Job 1:20; Job 2:12; Jer 36:24; and the notes at Mat 26:65; notes at Act 14:14). The causes…
We may hence learn these lessons: - 1. That, while princes and counsellors have public matters under debate, it is not fair to appeal to the people. It was a reasonable motion which Hezekiah's…
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