2 Kings 18:17
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab–shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.”
מֶלֶךְ
King. Melek. A ruler with supreme authority. The LORD is King forever and ever. Every earthly king is answerable to the King of kings.
כָּבַס
the washer
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כָּבַס
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
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כָּבֵד
massive
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כָּבֵד
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
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חִזְקִיָּה
Hezekiah
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חִזְקִיָּה
Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerusalem
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
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רַבְשָׁקֵה
commander
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רַבְשָׁקֵה
Rabshakeh, a Babylonian official
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רַב־סָרִיס
court-official
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רַב־סָרִיס
Rab-Saris, a Babylonian official
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לָכִישׁ
Lachish
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לָכִישׁ
Lakish, a place in Palestine
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תַּרְתָּן
the commander in chief
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תַּרְתָּן
Tartan, an Assyrian
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שָׂדֶה
the field of
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שָׂדֶה
a field (as flat)
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