Rabmag

Rab-mag in the Topics

Assyrian Rab-mugi, “chief physician,” “who was attached to the king (Jer 39:3, Jer 39:13), the title of one of Sennacherib’s officers sent with messages to Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem (2 Kgs 18:17–19:13; Isa 36:12–37:13) demanding the surrender of the city. He was accompanied by a “great army;” but his mission was unsuccessful.

Named in the Bible

2 verses

  • Jeremiah 39:3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.
  • Jeremiah 39:13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's princes;

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.