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
(Isaiah 22:15-25) He appears to have been the leader of the party who
favoured an alliance with Egypt against Assyria. It is conjectured
that "Shebna the scribe," who was one of those whom the king sent to
confer with the Assyrian ambassador
(2 Kings 18:18,26,37; 19:2)
(Isaiah 36:3,11,22; 37:2) was a different person.
