36:3 Then came forth to him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, who was {c} over the house, and Shebna {d} the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.
(c) For he was now restored to his office, as Isaiah had prophesied in Isa 22:20.
(d) This declares that there were few godly to be found in the king's house, when he was driven to end this wicked man in such a weighty matter.
36:1-22:See 2Ki 18:17-37, and the commentary thereon.