People of the Bible
Rabshakeh
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Chief of the princes, the name given to the chief cup-bearer or the vizier of the Assyrian court; one of Sennacherib’s messengers to Hezekiah. See the speech he delivered, in the Hebrew language, in the hearing of all the people, as he stood near the wall on the north side of the city (2 Kings 18:17-37). He and the other envoys returned to their master and reported that Hezekiah and his people were obdurate, and would not submit.
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 16 verses
- 2 Kings
- 18:17, 18:19, 18:26, 18:27, 18:28, 18:37, 19:4, 19:8
- Isaiah
- 36:2, 36:4, 36:11, 36:12, 36:13, 36:22, 37:4, 37:8
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.