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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>2 Kings 18:18 Catholic Bible: Then they sent for King Hezekiah, and three of his officials went out to meet them: Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace; Shebna, the court secretary; and Joah son of Asaph, who was in charge of the records. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/2_kings/18-18.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/2_kings/18-18.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/2_kings/18-18.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/2_kings/1.htm">2 Kings</a> > <a href="/gntd/2_kings/18.htm">Chapter 18</a> > Verse 18</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_kings/18-17.htm" title="2 Kings 18:17">◄</a> 2 Kings 18:18 <a href="../2_kings/18-19.htm" title="2 Kings 18:19">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/2_kings/18.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/2_kings/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then they sent for King Hezekiah, and three of his officials went out to meet them: Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace; Shebna, the court secretary; and Joah son of Asaph, who was in charge of the records. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When they called for the king, there came out to them Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, and Shebnah the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/2_kings/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They called out to Hezekiah, and three of his highest officials came out to meet them. One of them was Hilkiah's son Eliakim, who was the prime minister. The other two were Shebna, assistant to the prime minister, and Joah son of Asaph, keeper of the government records. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They called for the king, but Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, the master of the palace, came out, along with Shebnah the scribe and the chancellor Joah, son of Asaph.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/2_kings/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they called for the king: and there went out to them Eliacim, the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna, the scribe, and Joahe, the son of Asaph, the recorder.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And they called for the king: and there went out to them Eliacim, the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna, the scribe, and Joahe, the son of Asaph, the recorder.</p><p class="hdg">Eliakim.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_kings/19-2.htm">2 Kings 19:2</a> And he sent Eliacim, who was over the house, and Sobna, the scribe, and the ancients of the priests, covered with sackcloths, to Isaias, the prophet, the son of Amos.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/22-20.htm">Isaiah 22:20-24</a> And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliacim the son of Helcias, . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/36-3.htm">Isaiah 36:3,22</a> And there went out to him Eliacim the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and Joahe the son of Asaph the recorder. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/37-2.htm">Isaiah 37:2</a> And he sent Eliacim who was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and the ancients of the priests covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the son of Amos the prophet.</p><p class="hdg">Shebna.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/22-15.htm">Isaiah 22:15-19</a> Thus saith the Lord God of hosts: Go, get thee in to him that dwelleth in the tabernacle, to Sobna who is over the temple: and thou shalt say to him: . . . </p><p class="hdg">the scribe.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_samuel/8-17.htm">2 Samuel 8:17</a> And Sadoc the son of Achitob, and Achimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests: and Saraias was the scribe:</p><p class="hdg2">*marg:</p><p class="hdg">the recorder.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_samuel/8-16.htm">2 Samuel 8:16</a> And Joab the son Sarvia was over the army: and Josaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_samuel/20-24.htm">2 Samuel 20:24</a> But Aduram over the tributes: and Josaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/4-3.htm">1 Kings 4:3</a> Elihoreph, and Ahia, the sons of Sisa, scribes: Josaphat, the son of Ahilud, recorder:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/34-8.htm">2 Chronicles 34:8</a> Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had cleansed the land, and the temple of the Lord, he sent Saphan the son of Elselias, and Maasias the governor of the city, Joha the son of Joachaz the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/2_kings/18.htm">Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17</span>And the king of the Assyrians sent Tharthan, and Rabsaris, and Rabsaces, from Lachis, to king Ezechias, with a strong army, to Jerusalem: and they went up and came to Jerusalem, and they stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the way of the fuller's field. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl">And they called for the king: and there went out to them Eliacim, the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna, the scribe, and Joahe, the son of Asaph, the recorder.</span><span class="reftext">19</span>And Rabsaces said to them: Speak to Ezechias: Thus saith the great king, the king of the Assyrians: What is this confidence, wherein thou trustest?…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_samuel/8-16.htm">2 Samuel 8:16</a></span><br />And Joab the son Sarvia was over the army: and Josaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_samuel/8-17.htm">2 Samuel 8:17</a></span><br />And Sadoc the son of Achitob, and Achimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests: and Saraias was the scribe:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_kings/18-26.htm">2 Kings 18:26</a></span><br />Then Eliacim, the son of Helcias, and Sobna, and Joahe, said to Rabsaces: We pray thee, speak to us, thy servants, in Syriac: for we understand that tongue: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the hearing of the people that are upon the wall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_kings/18-37.htm">2 Kings 18:37</a></span><br />And Eliacim, the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna, the scribe, and Joahe, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Ezechias, with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rabsaces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_kings/19-2.htm">2 Kings 19:2</a></span><br />And he sent Eliacim, who was over the house, and Sobna, the scribe, and the ancients of the priests, covered with sackcloths, to Isaias, the prophet, the son of Amos.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../isaiah/22-15.htm">Isaiah 22:15</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord God of hosts: Go, get thee in to him that dwelleth in the tabernacle, to Sobna who is over the temple: and thou shalt say to him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../isaiah/22-20.htm">Isaiah 22:20</a></span><br />And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliacim the son of Helcias,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../isaiah/33-7.htm">Isaiah 33:7</a></span><br />Behold they that see shall cry without, the angels of peace shall weep bitterly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../isaiah/36-3.htm">Isaiah 36:3</a></span><br />And there went out to him Eliacim the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and Joahe the son of Asaph the recorder.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../isaiah/36-22.htm">Isaiah 36:22</a></span><br />And Eliacim the son of Helcias, that was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and Joahe the son of Asaph the recorder, went in to Ezechias with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rabsaces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to 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