2 KINGS 18:37 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which 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 Rab–shakeh.”
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him all the words of the Rab-shakeh — the officials return to Hezekiah with clothes torn, a gesture of distress. They report the Rab-shakeh's words in full, including the theological challenges to Hezekiah's appeal to the LORD. The report places the theological gauntlet directly before Hezekiah: the Rab-shakeh has challenged the LORD's power to deliver Jerusalem. Hezekiah must now respond theologically.
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