Rab-Shakeh
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Rab-Shakeh

cup-bearer of the prince

ATS Bible Dictionary
Rab-Shakeh

Chief butler or cup-bearer, an officer sent from Lachish by Sennacherib king of Assyria, to summon Hezekiah to surrender; which message he delivered in a most audacious and insolent manner. The history is told in 2 Kings 19:17 2 Chronicles 32:9 Isaiah 36:22. See NINEVEH and SENNACHERIB.

Strong's Hebrew
7262. Rabshaqeh -- perhaps "chief of the officers," an Assyr. ...
... military leader. Transliteration: Rabshaqeh Phonetic Spelling: (rab-shaw-kay') Short
Definition: Rabshakeh. ... military leader NASB Word Usage Rabshakeh (16). ...
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How Sennacherib Made an Expedition against Hezekiah; What
... Threatenings Rabshakeh Made To Hezekiah When Sennacherib Was Gone Against The Egyptians;
How Isaiah The Prophet Encouraged Him; How Sennacherib Having Failed ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 1 how sennacherib made.htm

The Triumph of Faith
... A glance at the preceding chapters will show how the high military official, 'the
rabshakeh,' or chief of the officers, shaped all his insolent and yet skilful ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the triumph of faith.htm

Deliverance from Assyria
... See Isaiah 52:5. "Speak ye now to Hezekiah," said Rabshakeh, one of Sennacherib's
chief officers, "Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 30 deliverance from assyria.htm

Further Examples from the Old Testament in Favour of Fasting.
... king of the Assyrians, Sennacherib, after already taking several cities, was volleying
blasphemies and menaces against Israel through Rabshakeh, nothing else ...
/.../chapter vii further examples from the.htm

Chapter xl
... In any case, we know both from secular parallels as well as from Scriptures (Nehemiah
1:11 "Nehemiah; and 2 Kings 18:17 "Rabshakeh, which Aramaic name ...
//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xl.htm

Letter Lxxvi. To Abigaus.
... harvest. [2313]. 3. You request me by my exhortations to slay in you
Nebuchadnezzar and Rabshakeh and Nebuzar-adan and Holofernes. [2314 ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter lxxvi to abigaus.htm

Of the Removal of the Remains of John and of the Faith of ...
... When one of the barbarian chieftains ventured on his wonted blasphemy, and with
words like those of Rabshakeh and Sennacherib, madly threatened to burn the ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter xxxvi of the removal of.htm

Order and Argument in Prayer
... It was well done of Hezekiah, when he took Rabshakeh's letter and spread it before
the Lord. Will that help him? It is full of blasphemy, will that help him? ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 12 1866/order and argument in prayer.htm

Nineveh.
... the latter years of his reign, Sennacherib undertook an expedition into Egypt, and
on his way sent a blasphemous message by his servant, Rabshakeh, to summon ...
//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson ix nineveh.htm

Temptations.
... his prey, so doth Satan kill the spirit of those that hearken to him; for when he
tempteth, especially by way of accusation, he doth to us as Rabshakeh did to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the riches of bunyan/xv temptations.htm

Thesaurus
Rabshakeh (15 Occurrences)
...RABSHAKEH. ...Rabshakeh sent through them a message to the king in which he
represented himself as the spokesman for the king of Assyria. ...
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Rab'shakeh (14 Occurrences)
Rab'shakeh. Rabshakeh, Rab'shakeh. Rab-shakeh . Multi-Version Concordance ... (See
RSV). Rabshakeh, Rab'shakeh. Rab-shakeh . Reference Bible.
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Rab-shakeh (14 Occurrences)
...Rab-shakeh (14 Occurrences). 2 Kings 18:17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and
Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto ...
/r/rab-shakeh.htm - 10k

Fuller's (4 Occurrences)
... Here stood Rabshakeh in his interview with Eliakim and others on the wall (2 Kings
18:17 Isaiah 36:2); clearly the highway was within easy earshot of the walls ...
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Joah (10 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 18:26 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, said to Rabshakeh,
"Please speak to your servants in the Syrian language; for we ...
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Rab-saris (3 Occurrences)
Rab-saris. Rab'saris, Rab-saris. Rabshakeh . Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia
RAB-SARIS. ... Rab'saris, Rab-saris. Rabshakeh . Reference Bible.
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Eliakim (14 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 18:26 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, said to Rabshakeh,
"Please speak to your servants in the Syrian language; for we ...
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Judean (7 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 18:28 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language ...
Isaiah 36:13 Then the Rab-shakeh got up and said with a loud voice in the ...
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Field (390 Occurrences)
... Here stood Rabshakeh in his interview with Eliakim and others on the wall (2 Kings
18:17 Isaiah 36:2); clearly the highway was within easy earshot of the walls ...
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Recorder (10 Occurrences)
... His high rank is shown by the facts that, with other officers, he represented Hezekiah
in speaking with Rabshakeh (2 Kings 18:18), and, in the reign of Josiah ...
/r/recorder.htm - 12k

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Concordance
Rab-shakeh (14 Occurrences)

2 Kings 18:17
And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.
(See JPS BBE DBY WBS)

2 Kings 18:19
And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
(See JPS BBE DBY WBS)

2 Kings 18:26
Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not with us in the Jews language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
(See JPS BBE DBY WBS)

2 Kings 18:27
But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not'sent me to the men that sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?
(See JPS BBE DBY WBS)

2 Kings 18:28
Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews language, and spake, saying, Hear ye the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.
(See JPS BBE DBY WBS)

2 Kings 19:4
It may be Jehovah thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
(See JPS BBE DBY WBS)

2 Kings 19:8
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
(See JPS BBE DBY WBS)

Isaiah 36:2
And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.
(See JPS BBE DBY)

Isaiah 36:4
And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
(See JPS BBE DBY)

Isaiah 36:12
But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not'sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?
(See JPS BBE DBY)

Isaiah 36:13
Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
(See JPS BBE DBY)

Isaiah 36:22
Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
(See JPS BBE DBY)

Isaiah 37:4
It may be Jehovah thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
(See JPS BBE DBY)

Isaiah 37:8
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
(See JPS BBE DBY)

Subtopics

Rab-Shakeh

Rab-Shakeh : Sent by Sennacherib Against Jerusalem

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