When they had called the king i.e. sent a message to him to come or send to treat with them. Eliakim the son of Hilkiah; of whom see Isaiah 22:20, &c. Over the household, Heb. over the house; either of God; or rather, of the king here mentioned; as appears from Isa 22. Shebna the scribe; so called to distinguish him from an other Shebna who was over the house, Isaiah 22:15.
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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.