Tartan
And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh
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....
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In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the
king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took
it;...
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tar'-tan (tartan): For a long time the word was interpreted as
a proper name, but the Assyrian inscriptions have shown it to
be the title of a high official. From the eponym lists it
would seem that it was the title of the highest official next
to the king, which in a military empire like Assyria would be
the "commander-in-chief." The Assyrian...
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-An Assyrian general
2Ki 18:17; Isa 20:1...
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which occurs only in 2Ki 18:17 and Isai 20:1
has been generally regarded as a proper name; like
Rabsaris and Rabshakeh, it is more probably an official
designation, and indicates the Assyrian commander-in-chief....
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an Assyrian word, meaning "the commander-in-chief." (1.) One
of
Sennacherib's messengers to Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:17).
(2.) One
of Sargon's generals (Isa. 20:1)....
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Next to the Assyrian king in apparent rank. The commander-in-
chief, who commanded his armies in his absence (Isaiah 20:1).
One sent against Ashdod by Sargon, distinct from Sennacherib's
tartan (2 Kings 18:17). After the tartan came the rubsaris,
"chief eunuch," who had right of near approach to the king's
person, and introduced strangers and a...
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