RAB-SHAKEH

Source: 551, 557

Chief butler or cup-bearer, an officer sent from Lachish by Sennacherib king of Assyria, to summon Hezekiah to surrender; which message he delivered in a most audacious and insolent manner. The history is told in 2Ki 19:17 2Ch 32:9 Isa 36:22. See NINEVEH and SENNACHERIB.