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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Rabshakeh (Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy)

A title, not a name: a senior Assyrian officer. During Sennacherib's siege he stood outside Jerusalem's walls and taunted the people in Hebrew, trying to break them over the heads of their leaders.

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A title, not a name: a senior Assyrian officer. During Sennacherib's siege he stood outside Jerusalem's walls and taunted the people in Hebrew, trying to break them over the heads of their leaders.

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The Rabshakeh was a senior Assyrian military official, not a personal name but a title, who delivered a taunting speech in Hebrew outside Jerusalem's walls during Sennacherib's siege, trying to demoralize the population directly and undermine Hezekiah's authority.

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The word

H7262

Where it appears
  • 2 Kings 18:17
  • 2 Kings 18:19
  • 2 Kings 18:26
  • 2 Kings 18:27
  • 2 Kings 18:28
  • 2 Kings 18:37
  • 2 Kings 19:4
  • 2 Kings 19:8
  • Isaiah 36:2
  • Isaiah 36:4
  • Isaiah 36:11
  • Isaiah 36:12
  • Isaiah 36:13
  • Isaiah 36:22
  • Isaiah 37:4
  • Isaiah 37:8

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