2Ki 18:17 | TSK | e4.org | am 3294, bc 710 the king ; , Tartan Calmet remarks, that these are not the names of persons, but of offices: Tartan signifies "he who presides over gifts or tribute;" Rabsaris , "the chief of the eunuchs;" and Rabshakeh , "the chief cup-bearer." great Heb. heavy the conduit of the upper pool If the Fuller's field were near En-Rogel, or the Fuller's fountain, east of Jerusalem, as is generally supposed, then the conduit of the upper pool may been an aqueduct that brought the water from the upper or eastern reservoir of that fountain, which had been seized in order to distress the city. ; , ,

‏ 2 Kings 18:17

am 3294, bc 710

the king 2Chr 32:9; Isa 20:1, Isa 36:2

Tartan Calmet remarks, that these are not the names of persons, but of offices: Tartan signifies "he who presides over gifts or tribute;" Rabsaris, "the chief of the eunuchs;" and Rabshakeh, "the chief cup-bearer."

great Heb. heavy

the conduit of the upper pool If the Fuller's field were near En-Rogel, or the Fuller's fountain, east of Jerusalem, as is generally supposed, then the conduit of the upper pool may been an aqueduct that brought the water from the upper or eastern reservoir of that fountain, which had been seized in order to distress the city. 2Kgs 20:20; Isa 7:3, Isa 22:9-11, Isa 36:2