Shebna

Shebna (Hebrew: שֶׁבְנָא, Modern: Ševnaʾ, Tiberian: Šeḇnāʾ, "tender youth") was the royal steward (ʾasher ʿal ha-bayith, "he who is over the house"; the chief or prime minister of state)[1] in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible.

Shebna also appears to have been the leader of the party who favored an alliance with Egypt against Assyria.

[2] A royal steward's rock-cut tomb discovered in Silwan is conjectured to be Shebna's,[3] although only the term "-yahu" remains legible on the lintel from the tomb that is now kept in the British Museum.

[4] The partially preserved inscription was deciphered to read "...yahu who is over the house".

[4] The assumption is that Shebna's name may have been pronounced 'Shebna-yahu', the missing name fitting onto the damaged portion of the inscription.