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Hezekiah, whose treasurer or prefect, of the palace Shebna was (); also see Eliakim. (See HEZEKIAH; ELIAKIM.) For pride (), luxury (), oppression (in contrast to Eliakim a "father" to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, ), and alienation from God (contrasted with "God's servant," ), he was doomed to be "tossed" away as a ball. Repenting, he was only degraded to the lower post of scribe (). Whether the threat was finally fulfilled on himself, he apostatizing, or on his posterity, is uncertain. (See TOMB.)