When they had called to the king That is, had sent a message to him to come and treat with them; there went out to him Eliakim, &c. Of whom see Isaiah 22:15; Isaiah 22:20.
Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 18:18
2 Kings 18:18
18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe,g and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.