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1. Shebna [H] [S] tender youth, "treasurer" over the house in the reign of Hezekiah, i.e., comptroller or governor of the palace. On account of his pride he was ejected from his office, and Eliakim was promoted to it (Isaiah ). He appears to have been the leader of the party who favoured an alliance with Egypt against Assyria.

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2. Shebna may be identified with the officer designated as "ha-soken" (Isa. xxii ), probably a caretaker or steward (see Bloch, "Phönizisches Glossar," s.v. "Zakan"). The prophet censures Shebna because he built for himself a tomb in the upper part of the rock, perhaps near the royal tombs on Mount Zion.

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3. In the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, prior to Sennachrib’s siege of Jerusalem, there was an ambitious official in the king’s service whose name was Shebna. Out of an inflated sense of prominence, perhaps fueled by ambition, Shebna had carved for himself a magnificent tomb from solid rock—a custom usually reserved for royalty.

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4. An important official under Hezekiah, contemporary with the prophet Isaiah. The oracle against Shebna (Isa ) is the only instance in Isaiah of an oracle against a named individual.

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5. Tender youth, "treasurer" over the house in the reign of Hezekiah, i.e., comptroller or governor of the palace. On account of his pride he was ejected from his office, and Eliakim was promoted to it (Isaiah ). He appears to have been the leader of the party who favoured an alliance with Egypt against Assyria.

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6. Shebna was a wicked, deceitful, and proud man who, as some Jewish historians maintain, conspired with Assyria in an attack on Jerusalem. Shebna probably was elevated to his position as household treasurer during the reign of Hezekiah’s father, Ahaz. The Lord saw Shebna’s pride and wickedness, and He sent Isaiah to proclaim judgment on him.

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7. Shebna tender youth, "treasurer" over the house in the reign of Hezekiah, i.e., comptroller or governor of the palace. On account of his pride he was ejected from his office, and Eliakim was promoted to it (Isa. ). He appears to have been the leader of the party who favoured an alliance with Egypt against Assyria.

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8. Shebna is the ultimate unfaithful servant, while Eliakim is a type of Messiah. Apparently, Shebna liked the ostentatious pretensions of office. Beyond that, He liked the pagan habit of tomb building for important people and the pomp and ceremony, of great political power. His excesses are spelled out in the passage.

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