Eliakim, son of Hilkiah

Eliakim was the son of Hilkiah. He succeeded Shebna to become royal steward or prime minister for King Hezekiah of Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible. Quotes about Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”But the Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat and drink their own waste with you?” 2 Kings 18,26-27 NKJV. ‘Then it shall be in that day, / That I will call My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah; / I will clothe him with your robe / And strengthen him with your belt; / I will commit your responsibility into his hand. / He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem / And to the house of Judah. / The key of the house of David / I will lay on his shoulder; / So he shall open, and no one shall shut; / And he shall shut, and no one shall open. Isaiah 22,20-22 NKJV. They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the posterity, all vessels of small quantity, from the cups to all the pitchers. In that day,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘the peg that is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it will be cut off; for the Lord has spoken.’ ” Isaiah 22,24-25 NKJV: External links Category:People from the Bible Category:Jews Category:BCE births Category:BCE deaths