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Rabsaris

RABSARIS, or Rab-sares,1 Chief of the Eunuchs of King Sennacherib. He was sent with Rab-shakeh and Tartan, to summon Hezekiah to surrender. Rab-saris is not a proper Name, but a Name of Dignity.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings xviii. 17. רבסריסRab-siris. Princeps Eunuchus. ↩

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Rabsaris,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/r/rabsaris/.

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