## 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: [[rc://en/ta/man/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: [[rc://en/ta/man/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"