And Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to him.

Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to [the] Rabshakeh, "Please speak to your servants in the Aramaic language, for we understand [it;] and do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people who [are] on the wall."

Surely their valiant ones shall cry outside, The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

And so it was, when King Hezekiah heard [it,] that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

Then he sent Eliakim, who [was] over the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

And it happened, when the king of Israel read the letter, that he tore his clothes and said, "[Am] I God, to kill and make alive, that this man sends a man to me to heal him of his leprosy? Therefore please consider, and see how he seeks a quarrel with me."

So when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked out some of the hair of my head and beard, and sat down astonished.

Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, "He has spoken blasphemy! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His blasphemy!