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RAB-SHAKEH.—The title of an Assyr. [Note: Assyrian.] officer, who with the Tartan and the Rab-saris was sent by Sennacherib to Hezekiah to demand the surrender of Jerusalem (2Ki_18:1-37 f., Isa_36:1-22 f.). The word is the Heb. transcription of the Assyr. [Note: Assyrian.] rab-shaqç—a title borne by a military officer of high rank, subordinate to the Tartan.
L. W. King.