Commentaries:Barnes' Notes
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2 Kings 18:18
When they had called to the king - The ambassadors summoned Hezekiah, as if their rank were equal to his. Careful of his dignity, he responds by sending officers of his court.
Eliakim ... which was over the household - Eliakim had been promoted to fill the place of Shebna Isaiah 22:20-22. He was a man of very high character. The comptroller of the household, whose position I Kings 4:6 must have been a subordinate one in the time of Solomon, appears to have now become the chief minister of the crown. On the "scribe" or secretary, and the "recorder," see the I Kings 4:3 note.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Kings 18:18:
1 Kings 4:6
2 Chronicles 32:9-22
Isaiah 36:3
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