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 (Isaiah 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.