Bible Encyclopedias
Tartan

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature

Tar´tan, an Assyrian general whom Sennacherib sent, accompanied by Rabsaris and Rabshakeh, to Jerusalem (). It is not known whether this is the same officer who in a preceding reign besieged and took Ashdod for his master ().

 

 

 

 

Bibliography Information
Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Tartan'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​kbe/​t/tartan.html.