# Eliakim ... Hilkiah ... Shebna ... Joah ... Asaph

Translate the names of these men the same as you did in [Isaiah 36:3](../36/03.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])

# over the household

This idiom means that he was in charge of the affairs of the palace household. Alternate translation: "in charge of the palace" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])

# with their clothes torn

Hezekiah's officials tore their clothes as a sign of mourning and distress. The meaning of this can be made clear. Alternate translation: "with their clothes torn because they were extremely distressed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-symaction]])