Biblical person
Rab-saris
Assyrian official
People
also: Rab-saris
Rab-saris is named as an Assyrian official sent to King Hezekiah and as a designation borne by Babylonian officers in Jeremiah.
Rab-saris is an Assyrian official whom the king of Assyria sent from Lachish to King Hezekiah with Tartan, Rabshakeh, and a heavy force. They came to Jerusalem and stood by the conduit of the high pool on the Washer’s Field highway (2 Kings 18:17).
The designation also occurs in Jeremiah’s list of Babylonian rulers at the middle gate, where Samgar-nebu-sar-sekim is called Rab-saris (Jeremiah 39:3). Nebushazban the Rab-saris is likewise named among the king of Babylon’s chief officers who sent (Jeremiah 39:13). Rab-saris is named in at least 3 verses across 2 books.
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Verses
2
Books
2 Kings 18:17
First named
Key verses
Across Scripture
2 Kings · Jeremiah