Isaia 36:3

3 Allora Eliakim, figliuolo di Hilkia, prefetto del palazzo, Scebna, il segretario, e Joah, figliuolo d’Asaf, l’archivista, si recarono da lui.

Isaia 36:3 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 36:3

Then came forth unto him
Being sent by Hezekiah; for otherwise Rabshakeh had the impudence to call to him, in order to parley, and treat with him about the surrender of the city; but as this was not thought either safe or honourable for the king to go in person, his following ministers went; see ( 2 Kings 18:18 ) : Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house;
not over the house of the Lord, the temple, as some, but the king's house, being high steward of if, or "major domo". This is the same person as is mentioned in ( Isaiah 22:20 ) : and Shebna the scribe;
not of the book of the law, a copier, or interpreter of that, but secretary of state; he had been treasurer, but now removed, ( Isaiah 22:15 ) : and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder;
the master of requests, or the "remembrancer" ^F5; who, as the Targum, was appointed over things memorable; whose business it was to take notice of things worthy of memory, write them down, and digest them in order; perhaps the king's historiographer.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (rykzmh) "recordator, commonfactor", Vatablus; "commenefaciens", Montanus: "a nemoria", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Isaia 36:3 In-Context

1 Or avvenne, il quattordicesimo anno del re Ezechia, che Sennacherib, re d’Assiria, salì contro tutte le città fortificate di Giuda, e le prese.

2 E il re d’Assiria mandò Rabshake da Lakis a Gerusalemme al re Ezechia con un grande esercito; e Rabshake si fermò presso l’acquedotto dello stagno superiore, sulla strada del campo gualchieraio.

3 Allora Eliakim, figliuolo di Hilkia, prefetto del palazzo, Scebna, il segretario, e Joah, figliuolo d’Asaf, l’archivista, si recarono da lui.

4 E Rabshake disse loro: "Dite a Ezechia: Così parla il gran re, il re d’Assiria: Che fiducia è cotesta che tu hai?

5 Io te lo dico; non sono che le parole delle labbra; per la guerra ci vuol prudenza e forza; ora, in chi hai tu riposta la tua fiducia per ribellarti a me?