Isaiah 36 · Verse 3

Isaiah 36:3

Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder.
Isaiah 36:3, King James Version

Isaiah 36:3 in other translations

BSBThen Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to him.
WEBThen Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph the recorder came out to him.
ASVThen came forth unto him Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder.
YLTand go forth unto him doth Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who is over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the remembrancer.
DARBYThen came forth to him Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the chronicler.
BBEAnd there came out to him Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder.
WebsterThen came forth to him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.

What does Isaiah 36:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. Eliakim--successor to Shebna, who had been "over the household," that is, chief minister of the king; in Is 22:15-20, this was foretold. scribe--secretary, recorder--literally, "one who reminds"; a remembrancer to keep the king informed on important facts, and to act as historiographer. In 2Ki 18:18, the additional fact is given that the Assyrian envoys "called to the king," in consequence of which Eliakim, &c., "came out to them."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Then came forth unto him - Before these words the other copy, 2Kgs 18:18, adds, ויקראו אל המלך vaiyikreu el hammelech, "And they demanded audience of the king."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Isaiah 36:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּצֵ֥אvai.ye.Tze'and he went outH3318
אֵלָ֛יו'e.Lavto himH413
אֶלְיָקִ֥ים'el.ya.KimEliakimH471
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
חִלְקִיָּ֖הוּchil.ki.Ya.huHilkiahH2518
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhoH834
עַל\־'al-[was] overH5921
הַבָּ֑יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004
וְשֶׁבְנָא֙ve.shev.Na'and ShebnaH7644
הַסֹּפֵ֔רha.so.Ferthe scribeH5608
וְיוֹאָ֥חve.yo.'Achand JoahH3098
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
אָסָ֖ף'a.SafAsaphH623
הַמַּזְכִּֽיר\׃ha.maz.Kirthe recorderH2142

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 36:3

  • 2 Samuel 20:24-25

    And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder: And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:

  • 2 Samuel 8:16-17

    And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;

  • Isaiah 22:15-21

    Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee. He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eliakim.
22:15-20
Shebna.
2Sa 8:16,17; 20:24,25
scribe. or, secretary.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Isaiah 36:2

    And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field.

  • Isaiah 36:3

    Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder.

  • Isaiah 36:4

    And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

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Isaiah 36:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y salió á él Eliacim hijo de Hilcías mayordomo, y Sebna, escriba, y Joah hijo de Asaph, canciller.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Éliakim, fils de Hilkija, qui était préposé sur la maison du roi, et Shebna, le scribe, et Joakh, fils d’Asaph, rédacteur des chroniques, sortirent vers lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da gingen zu ihm hinaus Eljakim, der Sohn Hilkijas, der über das Haus war, und Schebna, der Schreiber, und Joach, der Sohn Asaphs, der Geschichtsschreiber.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et egressus est ad eum Eliacim, filius Helciæ, qui erat super domum, et Sobna scriba, et Joahe filius Asaph, a commentariis.