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Rabshekain 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.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Rabsheka from Fact Monster:
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