Rezeph standard
odex Alexandrinus Rhapheis (Isa 37:12); Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Roseph (2Ki 19:12), Reseph (Isa 37:12)): One of the places referred to by Sennacherib's Rabshakeh when delivering that king's message t…
Where is Rezeph in the Bible?
Rezeph was an ancient city located in Syria, east of Tipsah and northeast of Hamath, in the region of northern Mesopotamia. It appears in the Bible in 2 Kings 19:12 and Isaiah 37:12 as one of several cities conquered by the Assyrian king Sennacherib. The city is mentioned in a threatening letter sent to King Hezekiah of Judah, where Sennacherib's messenger (the Rabshakeh) uses Rezeph as an example of a city whose gods could not save it from Assyrian conquest, attempting to intimidate Hezekiah into surrendering Jerusalem. The site is now identified with the modern location of Rucafa in Syria.
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Rezeph
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)odex Alexandrinus Rhapheis (Isa 37:12); Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Roseph (2Ki 19:12), Reseph (Isa 37:12)): One of the places referred to by Sennacherib's Rabshakeh when delivering that king's message to Hezekigh demanding the surrender of Jerusalem. The names which precede are Gozan and Haran; and "the children of Eden that were Telassar" follows.
2Now Called Rucafa
It is now represented by Rucafa, East of Tipsah and Northeast of Hamath, and is regarded as the (Rhesapha) of Ptolemy (v.15). It was for some time under Assyrian dominion, and appears in a geographical list (2 R 53, 37a) preceded by Arrapba (Arrapachitis) and Halabbu (Halah), and followed by Tamnunu, uder the form of Rasappa (elsewhere Racapi).
3Its Assyrian Governors
From the Eponym Canons, Ninip-kibsi-ucur was, it appears, prefect in 839 BC, Uras-eres from 804 to 775 BC, Sin-sallimanni in 747, and Bel-emuranni in 737 BC. Judging from their names, all these were Assyrians, but a seemingly native governor, Abda'u (or Abda'i), possibly later than the foregoina, is mentioned in a list of officials (K. 9921). Yabutu was sanu (deputy-governor?) of Rezeph in 673 BC. Its mention in the Assyrian geographical lists implies that Rezeph was an important trade-center in Old Testament times.
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re-zi'-a.
See RIZIA.
re'-zin (retsin; Rhaasson): The last of the kings of Syria who reigned in Damascus (2Ki