# Eliakim ... Hilkiah ... Shebnah ... Joah

Translate the names of these men as in [2 Kings 18:18](./16.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# in the ears of the people who are on the wall

"In the ears" is metonymy for being able to listen. AT: "because the people standing on the city wall will hear it and be afraid" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])