Isaiah 22:20

in that day: i.e. in the day when this prophecy will be fulfilled. Compare Isaiah 22:25.

Eliakim. Whom God sets up. Hezekiah's minister. Probably superseded by Shebna in the evil days of Manasseh. See Isaiah 36:3; Isaiah 36:22; Isaiah 37:2.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My servant Eliakim - A man who will be faithful to me; who will be trustworthy, and to whom the interests of the city may be safely confided; a m...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will (u) call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: (u) To be steward again, out of which office he h...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Shebna to be Deposed and Eliakim Installed in his Office. This denunciation of Shebna, who seems to have been a foreigner, was probably due to the...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. And it shall come to pass in that day. It is uncertain at what time Eliakim was substituted in the room of Shebna; for we shall see, in...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: Eliakim the son of Hilkiah. Supposed by Kimchi...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Denunciation of Shebna This section contains Isaiah's only invective against an individual. He denounces Shebna, the king's chief minister, who ma...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BOOK 4 JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB 701 B.C. INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the Book of Isaiah, that have to do wit...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the midst of the prophecies concerning the nations occurs one of protest against the indifference of Jerusalem to the prophet's messages. He first...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Prophet gives, in these verses, a very pleasing account of the character of Eliakim, and of the Lord's approbation of him. I confess myself incli...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it shall come to pass in that day ,.... At the same time that Shebna was deposed from his high station: that I will call my servant Eliakim, t...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: Ver. 20. I will call my servant Eliakim. ] Such as...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will call my servant Eliakim By my Spirit fitting him for the work, and moving the heart of Hezekiah to call him to it. And I will clothe him wi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Downfall of Shebna; The Advancement of Eliakim. B. C. 714....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will call, by my Spirit fitting him, and by my powerful providence moving Hezekiah's heart to call him.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Two Ministers ( Isaiah 22:15-25 ). This passage is presumably intended to come under the general heading of the Burden of the Valley of Vision...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Eliakim the Nepotist ( Isaiah 22:20-25 ). This is the second failing First Minister. In some way Eliakim's case is sadder than that of Shebna. His...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 22:1 . The valley of vision. A valley near Jerusalem, so called because of a school of the prophets said to have been there. Isaiah 22:3...
The Biblical Illustrator

My servant Eliakim “My servant Eliakim” Who was he? Nobody can tell. Where else is he referred to in Holy Writ? Probably nowhere. Was he then...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 22:1-23 A PROPHECY AGAINST JERUSALEM . The prophet, present in Jerusalem, either actually, or at any rate in spirit,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Oracle Against Shebna
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And it shall come to pass in that day, when Shebna would be deposed, that I will call My servant Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who may have been the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 18:18 ; 2 Kings 18:37 ; Isaiah 36:11 ; Isaiah 36:22 ; Isaiah 36:3 ; Isaiah 37:2
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Call — By my powerful providence.

²⁰ And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 22:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 22:20