Bible Strands
Isaiah 22:20
On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks through the prophet to Shebna during a transition of power, declaring the immediate end of Shebna’s office and the appointment of Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
The words — קָרָאתִי (ka.Ra.ti) translates literally as “I will summon,” and עַבְדִּי ('av.Di) means “My servant.” The text uses these terms to record a direct divine call rather than a bureaucratic appointment.
The thread — The narrative continues in 2 Kings 18:18, Isaiah 36:3, and Isaiah 37:2, where Eliakim son of Hilkiah serves as the palace administrator during the Assyrian siege.
Why it lands — The passage requires a reader to acknowledge that institutional authority is transferred by divine summons and demands obedience to the new mandate without resistance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 18:18 Then they called for the king. And Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to them.
- Isaiah 36:3 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to him.
- Isaiah 37:2 And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
- 2 Kings 18:37 Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
- Isaiah 36:22 Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
- Isaiah 36:11 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”