3. Eliakim--successor to Shebna, who had been "over the household,"
that is, chief minister of the king; in
Isa 22:15-20,
this was foretold.
scribe--secretary, recorder--literally, "one who reminds"; a
remembrancer to keep the king informed on important facts, and to act as
historiographer. In
2Ki 18:18,
the additional fact is given that the Assyrian envoys "called to the
king," in consequence of which Eliakim, &c., "came out to them."
JFB.
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