“And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.”
Hezekiah sends his officials to Isaiah the prophet to inquire what should be done in the face of the Assyrian threat. The sending to the prophet establishes that the king recognizes that the crisis is fundamentally spiritual and requires prophetic wisdom. The oracle shows that Hezekiah has confidence in Isaiah's ability to discern God's will regarding the immediate political crisis.
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