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shebna

shebna


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  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.  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;  Isa.  36:3,  11,  22; 
  37:2),  was  a  different  person. 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Shebna,  who  rests  himself;  who  is  now  captive