¹⁸ They called for the king; and Eliakim^(A) son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna^(B) the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went out to them.

² He sent Eliakim^(A) the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary and the leading priests,^(B) all wearing sackcloth,^(C) to the prophet Isaiah^(D) son of Amoz.

² He sent Eliakim^(A) the palace administrator, Shebna^(B) the secretary, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.^(C)

²² Then Eliakim^(A) son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary and Joah son of Asaph the recorder^(B) went to Hezekiah, with their clothes torn,^(C) and told him what the field commander had said.

³ Eliakim^(A) son of Hilkiah the palace administrator,^(B) Shebna^(C) the secretary,^(D) and Joah^(E) son of Asaph the recorder^(F) went out to him.

¹⁵ This is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:

²⁰ “In that day^(K) I will summon my servant,^(L) Eliakim^(M) son of Hilkiah. ²¹ I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash^(N) around him and hand your authority^(O) over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. ²² I will place on his shoulder^(P) the key^(Q) to the house of David;^(R) what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.^{(S) 23} I will drive him like a peg^(T) into a firm place;^(U) he will become a seat^[a] of honor^(V) for the house of his father. ²⁴ All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots—all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars.

⁸ In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, to purify the land and the temple, he sent Shaphan son of Azaliah and Maaseiah the ruler of the city, with Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the temple of the Lord his God.

²⁴ Adoniram^[a](A) was in charge of forced labor; Jehoshaphat^(B) son of Ahilud was recorder;