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  • The king of Assyria mobilized his great army, sending Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh - Sennacherib sent a group of men from his army to Jerusalem to meet with King Hezekiah, including officials named Tartan, Rabsaris and Rabshakeh.
  • Tartan ... Rabsaris ... Rabshakeh ... Eliakim ... Hilkiah ... Shebna ... Joah ... Asaph - men's names (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:translate_names)
  • Tartan ... Rabsaris ... Rabshakeh - Some understand these to be titles: "the tartan ... the rabsaris ... the rabshakeh" or "the leader of the soldiers .., another important official ... the man who tasted the king's wine" (see UDB).
  • Lachish - place name (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:translate_names)
  • the conduit of the upper pool - the place where the water stored in the "upper pool" flows into the city of Jerusalem
  • stood by it - AT: "and waited there for King Hezekiah to meet with them"