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