Person Old Testament
Rab-saris
Also known as Rab-saris =ESV; - =NIV; Rabsaris =KJV
Rab-saris was one of the Babylonian officials sent by King Sennacherib to Jerusalem during his campaign against Judah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 2 Kings 18:17.
Why it matters. A Babylonian official sent by King Sennacherib to Jerusalem
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- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Rab-saris
Rab-saris is mentioned as one of the Babylonian officials sent by King Sennacherib of Assyria to Jerusalem during his campaign against Judah (2Ki.18.17). The name "Rab-saris" is likely a title meaning "chief eunuch" or "chief officer." His name was either Tartan or he was accompanied by Tartan, together with Rabshakeh, two other high-ranking Assyrian officials. Their mission was to intimidate King Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem into surrendering. The presence of Rab-saris, along with the other officials, underscores the gravity of the situation and the might of the Assyrian army threatening Judah.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
2 Kings (1 verse)