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chief of the Heads, one of the three officers whom Sennacherib sent from Lachish with a threatening message to Jerusalem (2Ki 18:17; Jer 39:3,13).

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Fausets

1. Sent by Sennacherib with Tartan and Rabshakeh against Jerusalem (2Ki 18:17). ("chief eunuch"), often a minister of state or a commander in expeditions (margin, 2Ki 25:19).

2. One of Nebuchadnezzar's princes at the taking of Jerusalem under Zedekiah (Jer 39:3,13); probably a title of Nebushasban, i.e. worshipper of Nebo. (See NEBUSHASBAN.)

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2 Kgs 18:17

And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish, with a strong force, against king Hezekiah, to Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the fuller's field.

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2 Kgs 25:19

And out of the city he took a chamberlain that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, who were found in the city, and the scribe of the captain of the host, who enrolled the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land that were found in the city.

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Jer 39:3

and all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebu, Sarsechim, chief chamberlain, Nergal-sharezer, chief magian, and all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.

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Jer 39:13

So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard sent, and Nebushazban, chief chamberlain, and Nergal-sharezer, chief magian, and all the king of Babylon's princes,

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Rab-saris

This, like Rab-mag, is a title, its meaning being 'chief eunuch.' It was the title of one who accompanied the Assyrian army when it was sent against Hezekiah. 2Ki 18:17. One of the princes of Nebuchadnezzar at the siege of Jerusalem also bore this title. Jer 39:3,13.