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2 Kings 18:26

Context

18:26 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the chief adviser, “Speak to your servants in Aramaic, 1  for we understand it. Don’t speak with us in the Judahite dialect 2  in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

2 Kings 18:37

Context

18:37 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn 3  and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.

1 sn Aramaic was the diplomatic language of the empire.

2 tn Or “Hebrew.”

3 sn As a sign of grief and mourning.



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