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2 Kings Chapter
Eighteen
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 18
This
chapter begins with the good reign of Hezekiah king of Judah
the reformation
he made in the kingdom
and the prosperity that attended him when Israel was
carried captive
2 Kings 18:1 and
gives an account of the siege of Jerusalem by the king of Assyria
and of the
distress Hezekiah was in
and the hard measures he was obliged to submit unto
2 Kings 18:13 and
of the reviling and blasphemous speech of Rabshakeh
one of the generals of the
king of Assyria
urging the Jews to a revolt from their king
2 Kings 18:19.
2 Kings 18:1 Now
it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah
king of Israel
that
Hezekiah the son of Ahaz
king of Judah
began to reign.
YLT
1And it cometh to pass
in
the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel
reigned hath Hezekiah son
of Ahaz king of Judah;
Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king
of Israel
.... That is
in the third year of his rebelling against the king
of Assyria
when he shook off his yoke
and refused to be tributary to him any
longer
see 2 Kings 17:1
that Hezekiah the
son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign; having finished the
account of the kingdom of Israel
and the captivity of the people
the
historian returns to the kingdom of Judah
and the things of it.
2 Kings 18:2 2 He was twenty-five years
old when he became king
and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His
mother’s name was Abi[a] the
daughter of Zechariah.
YLT
2a son of twenty and five
years was he in his reigning
and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in
Jerusalem
and the name of his mother [is] Abi daughter of Zechariah.
Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign
.... Now as
Ahaz his father began to reign at twenty
and reigned sixteen
he must die at
thirty six; so that this son of his must be born to him when at eleven years of
age
for only so many years there be between twenty five and thirty six
which
may seem wonderful; but
as Grotius observes
Hezekiah had now entered into the
twenty fifth year
and he might be just turned of twenty four
and so his
father might be twelve years of age at his birth: besides
as it is usual for
the divine historian to take away or add the incomplete years of kings
Ahaz
might be near twenty one when he began to reign
and might reign almost
seventeen
which makes the age of Ahaz to be about thirty eight; and Hezekiah
being but little more than twenty four
at his death there were thirteen or
near fourteen years difference in their age
and which was an age that need not
be thought incredible for begetting of children. BochartF6Ep.
Carbonell. tom. 1. oper. p. 920. and othersF7Vid. Hieronymi Opera
tam. 3. Ep. Vital. fol. 25. C. have given many instances of children begotten
by persons under that age
even at ten years of ageF8T. Bab. Avodah
Zarah
fol. 44. 1. : four years after his birth
the famous city of Rome began
to be foundedF9Usser. Annal. p. 86
87.
A. M. 3256
and before
Christ 748
as commonly received
though it is highly probable it was of a more
early date; according to Dionysius Halicarnassensis
it was founded in the
first year of the seventh Olympaid
in the times of Ahaz
A. M. 3118F11Vid.
Breithaupt. Not. in Hist. Gorion. Heb. l. 5. c. 1. :
and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem; so that he
reigned twenty three years or more after the captivity of the ten tribes:
his mother's name also was Abi the daughter of Zachariah; perhaps the
daughter of the same that was taken by Isaiah for a witness
Isaiah 8:3 who very
probably was a very good woman
and took care to give her son a religious
education
though he had so wicked a father.
2 Kings 18:3 3 And he did what was
right in the sight of the Lord
according to all that
his father David had done.
YLT
3And he doth that which [is]
right in the eyes of Jehovah
according to all that David his father did
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord
according
to all that David his father did. Some of the kings of
Judah
that were better than some others
are said to do that which was right
but not like David; or they did as he did
but not according to all that he
did
as is here said of Hezekiah.
2 Kings 18:4 4 He removed the high places
and broke the sacred pillars
cut down the wooden image[b] and broke
in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the
children of Israel burned incense to it
and called it Nehushtan.[c]
YLT
4he hath turned aside the
high places
and broken in pieces the standing-pillars
and cut down the
shrine
and beaten down the brazen serpent that Moses made
for unto these days
were the sons of Israel making perfume to it
and he calleth it `a piece of
brass.'
He removed the high places
.... Which the best of
the kings of Judah never attempted
and which is observed of them to their
discredit:
and broke the images
and cut down the groves; the idols his
father set up and served
2 Kings 16:4
groves and idols in them
were early instances of idolatry; See Gill on Judges 3:7
and
their use for temples are still continued
not only among some Indian nationsF12See
Dampier's Voyage
vol. 1. p. 411.
but among some Christians in the northern
parts of EuropeF13Vid. Fabritii Bibliograph. Antiqu. c. 9. sect. 11.
:
and brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; which he made
in the wilderness
and which was brought by the children of Israel with them
into the land of Canaan
and was kept as a memorial of the miracle wrought by
looking to it
being laid up in some proper place where it had been preserved
to this day:
for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it not from the
time it was brought into Canaan
nor even in later times
in the days of Asa
and Jehoshaphat
who would never have suffered it; very probably this piece of
idolatry began in the times of Ahaz
who encouraged everything of that kind:
for this serpent they had a great veneration
being made by Moses
and a means
in his time of healing the Israelites; and they imagined it might be of some
service to them
in a way of mediation to God; and worthy of worship
having
some degree of divinity
as Kimchi and Ben Gersom; but LaniadoF14Cli
Yaker
fol. 538. 2. excuses them from all show of idolatry
and supposes what
they did was for the honour of God only; hence sprung the heresy of the
Ophites
according to Theodoret:
and he called it Nehushtan; perceiving they were
ensnared by it
and drawn into idolatry to it
by way of contempt he called it
by this name
which signifies "brass"; suggesting that it was only a
mere piece of brass
had no divinity in it
and could be of no service to them
in divine things; and
that it might no longer be a snare to them
he broke it
into pieces; and
as the JewsF15T. Bab. Avodah Zarah
fol. 44. 1.
say
ground it to powder
and scattered it to every wind
that there might be
no remains of it.
2 Kings 18:5 5 He trusted in the Lord God of Israel
so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah
nor who were
before him.
YLT
5In Jehovah
God of Israel
he hath trusted
and after him there hath not been like him among all the kings
of Judah
nor [among any] who were before him;
He trusted in the Lord God of Israel
.... To be his
protector and defender
and had no dependence on idols as an arm of flesh; the
Targum is
he trusted in the Word of the Lord God; not in Nehushtan
but in him
the brasen serpent was a type of
even in the Word and Son of God
his alone
Saviour and Redeemer:
so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah: for though
Josiah was like him in some things
yet not in all:
nor any that were before him; from the times of the
division of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah; and Ben Gersom and Abarbinel
think that David and Solomon are not to be excepted; David sinning in the case
of Uriah
and Solomon falling into idolatry
crimes that Hezekiah was not
guilty of.
2 Kings 18:6 6 For he held fast to the Lord; he did not
depart from following Him
but kept His commandments
which the Lord had commanded
Moses.
YLT
6and he cleaveth to Jehovah
he hath not turned aside from after Him
and keepeth His commands that Jehovah
commanded Moses.
For he clave to the Lord
.... To his worship and
service; to the fear of the Lord
as the Targum:
and departed not from following him; from his worship
as the
same paraphrase:
but kept his commandments
which the Lord commanded Moses; both moral
ceremonial
and judicial.
2 Kings 18:7 7 The Lord was with him;
he prospered wherever he went. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and
did not serve him.
YLT
7And Jehovah hath been with
him
in every place where he goeth out he acteth wisely
and he rebelleth
against the king of Asshur
and hath not served him;
And the Lord was with him
.... The Word of the Lord
was for his help
as the Targum:
and he prospered whithersoever he went forth; that is
to
war:
and he rebelled against the king of Assyria: which is
explained in the next clause:
and served him not; he refused to be his servant
as his father
Ahaz had been
2 Kings 16:7
to
which he was not obliged by any agreement of his; and
if it was in his power
might lawfully shake off his yoke
which is all that is meant by rebelling
against him; he refused to be tributary to him.
2 Kings 18:8 8 He subdued the
Philistines
as far as Gaza and its territory
from watchtower to fortified
city.
YLT
8he hath smitten the
Philistines unto Gaza
and its borders
from a tower of watchers unto the
fenced city.
He smote the Philistines even unto Gaza
and the borders thereof
.... Who in
his father's time had invaded Judah
and taken many cities and towns in it
which Hezekiah now recovered
and drove them to their own territories
of which
Gaza was one; see 2 Chronicles 28:18.
from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city; that is
places both great and small
cities
towns
and villages; of this phrase
see 2 Kings 17:9.
2 Kings 18:9 9 Now it came to pass in the
fourth year of King Hezekiah
which was the seventh year of Hoshea the
son of Elah
king of Israel
that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up
against Samaria and besieged it.
YLT
9And it cometh to pass
in
the fourth year of king Hezekiah -- it [is] the seventh year of Hoshea son of
Elah king of Israel -- come up hath Shalmaneser king of Asshur against Samaria
and layeth siege to it
And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah
.... In the
beginning of it:
which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel: the beginning
of his seventh:
that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria
and
besieged it; see 2 Kings 17:5.
2 Kings 18:10 10 And at the end of three
years they took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah
that is
the ninth
year of Hoshea king of Israel
Samaria was taken.
YLT
10and they capture it at the
end of three years; in the sixth year of Hezekiah -- it [is] the ninth year of
Hoshea king of Israel -- hath Samaria been captureth
And at the end of three years they took it
.... That is
at the first end of them
at the beginning
in which sense the phrase is taken
in Deuteronomy 15:1
even in the sixth year of Hezekiah
that is
the ninth year of Hoshea king of
Israel
Samaria was taken: see 2 Kings 17:6.
2 Kings 18:11 11 Then the king of Assyria
carried Israel away captive to Assyria
and put them in Halah and by the Habor
the River of Gozan
and in the cities of the Medes
YLT
11and the king of Asshur
removeth Israel to Asshur
and placed them in Halah
and in Habor [by] the river
Gozan
and [in] cities of the Medes
And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria
.... Of the
places he disposed of them in
after mentioned; see Gill on 2 Kings 17:6.
2 Kings 18:12 12 because they did not obey
the voice of the Lord
their God
but transgressed His covenant and all that Moses the servant
of the Lord
had commanded; and they would neither hear nor do them.
YLT
12because that they have not
hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God
and transgress His covenant -- all
that He commanded Moses
servant of Jehovah -- yea
they have not hearkened nor
done [it].
Because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord
.... In his
law
and by his prophets:
but transgressed his covenant
and all that Moses the servant of
the Lord commanded; which evils are at large insisted on in the preceding chapter as
the cause of their captivity:
and would not hear them
nor do them; contrary to
the agreement of their fathers at Sinai
who promised to do both
Exodus 24:3.
2 Kings 18:13 13 And in the fourteenth year
of King Hezekiah
Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified
cities of Judah and took them.
YLT
13And in the fourteenth year
of king Hezekiah hath Sennacherib king of Asshur come up against all the fenced
cities of Judah
and seizeth them
Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah
.... Eight
years after the captivity of Israel:
did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced
cities of Judah
and took them; many of them
the frontier towns
and
proceeded as far as Lachish; ambitious of enlarging his dominions
his father
having subdued the kingdom of Israel
and being also provoked by Hezekiah's
refusing to pay him tribute. Mention is made of this king by name
by Herodotus
and other Heathen writers
see the note on Isaiah 36:1 in the
Apocryha:"Now when Enemessar was dead
Sennacherib his son reigned in his
stead; whose estate was troubled
that I could not go into Media.' (Tobit 1:15)he is called
Sennacherib
and is said to be son of Enemassat
that is
Shalmaneser; however
he succeeded him in his kingdom; though someF15Lud. Vives in Aug. de
Civ. Dei
l. 18. c. 24. take him to be the same with Shalmaneser: he is said by
MetasthenesF16De Judicio Temp. fol. 221. 2. to reign seven years
and was succeeded by Assaradon
who
according to him
reigned ten years.
2 Kings 18:14 14 Then Hezekiah king of
Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish
saying
“I have done wrong; turn
away from me; whatever you impose on me I will pay.” And the king of Assyria
assessed Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty
talents of gold.
YLT
14and Hezekiah king of Judah
sendeth unto the king of Asshur to Lachish
saying
`I have sinned
turn back
from off me; that which thou puttest on me I bear;' and the king of Asshur
layeth on Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver
and thirty
talents of gold
And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish
.... A city in
the tribe of Judah
about twenty miles from Jerusalem
towards the southwestF17Bunting's
Travels
&c. p. 99. ; which the king of Assyria was now besieging
2 Chronicles 32:9
at first Hezekiah made provision to defend himself
and encouraged his people
not to be afraid of the king of Assyria
2 Chronicles 32:1
but understanding he had taken his fortified cities
and made such progress
with his arms
he was disheartened
and sent an embassy to him to sue for
peace; judging it more advisable to buy it than to expose his capital to a
siege; in which he betrayed much weakness and distrust of the power and
providence of God:
saying
I have offended; not the Lord
but the
king of Assyria by rebelling against him
or refusing to pay the yearly tribute
to him; he owned he had acted imprudently
and had given him
just occasion to
invade his land:
return from me; from his land
from proceeding to
Jerusalem
which he seemed to have a design upon
and go back to his own
country with his army
and make no further conquests:
that which thou puttest on me I will bear; what mulct or
fine he should lay upon him
or tribute he should impose upon him
or whatever
he should demand of him
he would submit to:
and the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah
three hundred talents of silver
and thirty talents of gold; to be paid to
him directly; which
according to BrerewoodF18De Ponder. & Pret.
Vet. Num. c. 5.
amounted to 247
500 pounds.
2 Kings 18:15 15 So Hezekiah gave him
all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord and in the
treasuries of the king’s house.
YLT
15and Hezekiah giveth all the
silver that is found in the house of Jehovah
and in the treasures of the house
of the king;
And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house
of the Lord
and in the treasures of the king's house. To make up the
three hundred talents of silver
for which purpose he exhausted both
which had
been done more than once before by the kings of Judah; these were their
resources in times of distress; see 2 Kings 12:18.
2 Kings 18:16 16 At that time Hezekiah
stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord
and from
the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid
and gave it to the king
of Assyria.
YLT
16at that time hath Hezekiah
cut off the doors of the temple of Jehovah
and the pillars that Hezekiah king
of Judah had overlaid
and giveth them to the king of Asshur.
At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the
temple of the Lord
.... The plates of gold with which they were covered; or scraped
off the gold from them
as the Targum interprets it:
and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid: or the posts
as the Targum
the lintel or side posts of the doors of the temple; which
though covered in Solomon's time
the gold was worn off
or had been taken off
by Ahaz
but was renewed by Hezekiah; and who
in this time of distress
thought he might take it off again
no doubt with a full purpose to replace it
when he should be able. This is one of the three things the Talmudic writersF19T.
Bab. Beracot
fol. 10. 2. disapprove of in Hezekiah:
and gave it to the king of Assyria; to make up the thirty
talents of gold he demanded.
2 Kings 18:17 17 Then the king of Assyria
sent the Tartan
[d] the
Rabsaris
[e] and the
Rabshakeh[f] from
Lachish
with a great army against Jerusalem
to King Hezekiah. And they went
up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up
they went and stood by the
aqueduct from the upper pool
which was on the highway to the Fuller’s
Field.
YLT
17And the king of Asshur
sendeth Tartan
and the chief of the eunuchs
and the chief of the butlers
from Lachish
unto king Hezekiah
with a heavy force
to Jerusalem
and they go
up and come in to Jerusalem
and they go up
and come in and stand by the conduit
of the upper pool that [is] in the highway of the fuller's field.
Verses 17-37
And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris
and Rabshakeh
from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem
....
Notwithstanding he took the above large sum of money of him
so false and
deceitful was he: these were three generals of his army
whom he sent to
besiege Jerusalem
while he continued the siege of Lachish; only Rabshakeh is
mentioned in Isaiah 36:2 he
being perhaps chief general
and the principal speaker; whose speech
to the
end of this chapter
intended to intimidate Hezekiah
and dishearten his
people
with some circumstances which attended it
are recorded word for word
in Isaiah 36:1
throughout; See Gill on Isaiah 36:1 and
notes on that chapter.
2 Kings 18:18 18 And when they had called
to the king
Eliakim the son of Hilkiah
who was over the household
Shebna the scribe
and Joah the son of Asaph
the recorder
came out to them.
YLT
18And they call unto the
king
and go out unto them doth Eliakim son of Hilkiah
who [is] over the
house
and Shebna the scribe
and Joah son of Asaph the remembrancer.
2 Kings 18:19 19 Then the Rabshakeh
said to them
“Say now to Hezekiah
‘Thus says the great king
the king of
Assyria: “What confidence is this in which you trust?
YLT
19And the chief of the
butlers saith unto them
`Say
I pray you
unto Hezekiah
Thus said the great
king
the king of Asshur
What [is] this confidence in which thou hast
confided?
2 Kings 18:20 20 You speak of having
plans and power for war; but they are mere words. And in whom do you
trust
that you rebel against me?
YLT
20Thou hast said: Only a word
of the lips! counsel and might [are] for battle; now
on whom hast thou trusted
that thou hast rebelled against me?
2 Kings 18:21 21 Now look! You are trusting
in the staff of this broken reed
Egypt
on which if a man leans
it will go
into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who
trust in him.
YLT
21`Now
lo
thou hast trusted
for thee on the staff of this broken reed
on Egypt; which a man leaneth on
and it hath gone into his hand
and pierced it! -- so [is] Pharaoh king of
Egypt to all those trusting on him.
2 Kings 18:22 22 But if you say to me
‘We
trust in the Lord
our God
’ is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has
taken away
and said to Judah and Jerusalem
‘You shall worship before this
altar in Jerusalem’?”’
YLT
22`And when ye say unto me
Unto Jehovah our God we have trusted
is it not He whose high places and whose
altars Hezekiah hath turned aside
and saith to Judah and to Jerusalem
Before
this altar do ye bow yourselves in Jerusalem?
2 Kings 18:23 23 Now therefore
I urge you
give a pledge to my master the king of Assyria
and I will give you two
thousand horses—if you are able on your part to put riders on them!
YLT
23`And
now
give a pledge
for thee
I pray thee
to my lord the king of Asshur
and I give to thee two
thousand horses
if thou art able to give for thee riders on them.
2 Kings 18:24 24 How then will you repel
one captain of the least of my master’s servants
and put your trust in Egypt
for chariots and horsemen?
YLT
24And how dost thou turn back
the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord
that thou dost
trust for thee on Egypt for chariot
and for horsemen?
2 Kings 18:25 25 Have I now come up without
the Lord
against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me
‘Go up
against this land
and destroy it.’”
YLT
25Now
without Jehovah have I
come up against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me
Go up against
this land
and thou hast destroyed it.'
2 Kings 18:26 26 Then Eliakim the son of
Hilkiah
Shebna
and Joah said to the Rabshakeh
“Please speak to your
servants in Aramaic
for we understand it; and do not speak to us in
Hebrew[g] in the
hearing of the people who are on the wall.”
YLT
26And Eliakim son of Hilkiah
saith -- and Shebna
and Joah -- to the chief of the butlers
`Speak
we pray
thee
unto thy servants [in] Aramaean
for we are understanding
and do not
speak with us [in] Jewish
in the ears of the people who [are] on the wall.'
2 Kings 18:27 27 But the Rabshakeh
said to them
“Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these
words
and not to the men who sit on the wall
who will eat and drink their own
waste with you?”
YLT
27And the chief of the
butlers saith unto them
`For thy lord
and unto thee
hath my lord sent me to
speak these words? is it not for the men
those sitting on the wall to eat
their own dung and to drink their own water
with you?'
2 Kings 18:28 28 Then the Rabshakeh
stood and called out with a loud voice in Hebrew
and spoke
saying
“Hear the
word of the great king
the king of Assyria!
YLT
28And the chief of the
butlers standeth and calleth with a great voice [in] Jewish
and speaketh and
saith
`Hear ye a word of the great king
the king of Asshur:
2 Kings 18:29 29 Thus says the king: ‘Do
not let Hezekiah deceive you
for he shall not be able to deliver you from his
hand;
YLT
29thus said the king
Let not
Hezekiah lift you up
for he is not able to deliver you out of his hand;
2 Kings 18:30 30 nor let Hezekiah make you
trust in the Lord
saying
“The Lord
will surely deliver us; this city shall not be given into the hand of the king
of Assyria.”’
YLT
30and let not Hezekiah make
you trust unto Jehovah
saying
Jehovah doth certainly deliver us
and this
city is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur.
2 Kings 18:31 31 Do not listen to Hezekiah;
for thus says the king of Assyria: ‘Make peace with me by a present and
come out to me; and every one of you eat from his own vine and every one from
his own fig tree
and every one of you drink the waters of his own cistern;
YLT
31`Do not hearken unto
Hezekiah
for thus said the king of Asshur
Make with me a blessing
and come
out unto me
and eat ye each of his vine
and each of his fig-tree
and drink
ye each the waters of his own well
2 Kings 18:32 32 until I come and take you
away to a land like your own land
a land of grain and new wine
a land of
bread and vineyards
a land of olive groves and honey
that you may live and
not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah
lest he persuade you
saying
“The Lord will deliver
us.”
YLT
32till my coming in
and I
have taken you unto a land like your own land
a land of corn and new wine
a
land of bread and vineyards
a land of oil olive
and honey
and live
and die
not; and do not hearken unto Hezekiah
when he persuadeth you
saying
Jehovah
doth deliver us.
2 Kings 18:33 33 Has any of the gods of the
nations at all delivered its land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
YLT
33`Have the gods of the
nations delivered at all each his land out of the hand of the king of Asshur?
2 Kings 18:34 34 Where are the gods
of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim and Hena and Ivah?
Indeed
have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
YLT
34Where [are] the gods of
Hamath and Arpad? where the gods of Sepharvaim
Hena
and Ivvah
that they have
delivered Samaria out of my hand?
2 Kings 18:35 35 Who among all the gods of
the lands have delivered their countries from my hand
that the Lord should deliver
Jerusalem from my hand?’”
YLT
35Who [are they] among all
the gods of the lands that have delivered their land out of my hand
that
Jehovah doth deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'
2 Kings 18:36 36 But the people held their
peace and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was
“Do not
answer him.”
YLT
36And the people have kept
silent
and have not answered him a word
for the command of the king is
saying
`Do not answer him.'
2 Kings 18:37 37 Then Eliakim the son of
Hilkiah
who was over the household
Shebna the scribe
and Joah the son
of Asaph
the recorder
came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn
and
told him the words of the Rabshakeh.
YLT
37And Eliakim son of Hilkiah
who [is] over the house
cometh in
and Shebna the scribe
and Joah son of
Asaph the remembrancer
unto Hezekiah
with rent garments
and they declare to
him the words of the chief of the butlers.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
New King James
Version (NKJV)