920 B
920 B
The king of Assyria mobilized his great army, sending Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh
Sennacherib sent a group of men from his army to Jerusalem to meet with King Hezekiah, including officials named Tartan, Rabsaris and Rabshakeh.
Tartan ... Rabsaris ... Rabshakeh ... Eliakim ... Hilkiah ... Shebna ... Joah ... Asaph
men's names (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
Tartan ... Rabsaris ... Rabshakeh
Some understand these to be titles: "the tartan ... the rabsaris ... the rabshakeh" or "the leader of the soldiers .., another important official ... the man who tasted the king's wine" (see UDB).
Lachish
place name (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
the conduit of the upper pool
the place where the water stored in the "upper pool" flows into the city of Jerusalem
stood by it
AT: "and waited there for King Hezekiah to meet with them"