^22 (A)Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

³ And there came out to him ^(A)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and ^(B)Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder.

⁶⁵ Then the high priest ^(A)tore his robes and said, ^(B)“He has uttered blasphemy. What further witnesses do we need? You have now heard his blasphemy.

Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah's Help

37 ^(A)As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord. ² And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet ^(B)Isaiah the son of Amoz.

¹¹ Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants ^(A)in Aramaic, for we understand it. Do not speak to us in the language of Judah within the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

³ As soon as I heard this, I ^(A)tore my garment and my cloak and pulled hair from my head and beard and ^(B)sat appalled.

⁷ And when the king of Israel read the letter, ^(A)he tore his clothes and said, ^(B)“Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only ^(C)consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.”