Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
when they had called to the king—Hezekiah did not make a personal appearance, but commissioned his three principal ministers to meet the Assyrian deputies at a conference outside the city walls.
Eliakim—lately promoted to be master of the royal household (Isaiah 22:20).
Shebna—removed for his pride and presumption (Isaiah 22:15) from that office, though still royal secretary.
Joah . . . the recorder—that is, the keeper of the chronicles, an important office in Eastern countries.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Kings 18:18:
Isaiah 33:7-9
Isaiah 36:3
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