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Rabʹsheka

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in the satire of Absalom and Achitophel, by Dryden and Tate, is meant for Sir Thomas Player. Rabshakeh was the officer sent by Sennacherib to summon the Jews to surrender, and he told them insolently that resistance was in vain. (2 Kings xviii.)

“Next him, let railing Rabsheka have place—

So full of zeal, he has no need of grace.”


(Pt. ii.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Rabagas
Rabbi Abron of Trent
Rabbi Bar-Cochba
Rabbit
Rabelais
Rabelais Dodge
Rabelaisian Licence
Rabicano or Rabican
Raboin or Rabuino (French)
Rabsheka
Raby (Aurora)
Races
Races (Lengths run)
Rachaders
Rache
Rack
Rack-rent
Rack and Manger
Rack and Ruin
Racket