2 Kings 18:36-37

Christian Standard Bible

³⁶ But the people kept silent; they did not answer him at all, for the king’s command was, “Don’t answer him.” ³⁷ Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian,^(A) came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn^(B) and reported to him the words of the royal spokesman.