“... Our final example involves a longer text than the previous brief quotations. In Isaiah 22:15–25, the prophet addresses a corrupt official named Shebna, the king's chief of staff. Isaiah tells him that he will be replaced by someone named Eliakim (vv. 20–21). Isaiah gives a job description of Eliakim's position (v. 22) and predicts that he will perform his duties honorably (v. 23). However, Eliakim will eventually be overwhelmed by his ever increasing responsibilities (v. 24) and will fail at them (v. 25). [...] The targum revises this passage in two important ways. First, it completely rewrites Eliakim's job description, in three particulars: (a) He will have religious authority (“the key to the temple”) in addition to a political position; (b) the “key of the house of David” becomes the “rule of the house of David”; thus the position of the king's executive officer turns into the kingship itself; (c) he will be appointed to the office of “trustee.” The targum thus makes Eliakim both chief priest and ruler. ...”