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II Kings is the chronicle of the raging conflicts that tore the United Kingdom of Israel apart, creating the rival nations of Israel to the north and Judah to the south. It tells of the time of the great prophecies of Elijah and Elisha, and of the legendary conquerors of not only the Jews, but the whole of the Middle East—Sennacherib, Hazael, Tiglath-pileser III, Nebuchadnezzar, and Shalmaneser. ...

ANET3, 282b; Wiseman, DOTT, 56–57; in detail, H. Tadmor, in Essays in honor of David Noel Freedman, 279–85). Rab-shakeh, Akk. “the chief butler,” occasionally written rab šaqê, but mostly in ideogram GAL BI.LUL, was a high official whose duties were usually restricted to the court and the king’s person. He never took part in military campaigns. Doubts concerning the authenticity of the three-member Assyrian delegation, originally raised by H. Winckler and followed by almost all modern commentators
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