master of the wardrobe
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
SARSECHIM seems to be the name of a Bab. [Note: Babylonian.] official (Jer_39:3), but the versionsNabousachar, Nabousarach, Sarsacheimsuggest that the text was early corrupt. There is no known Bab. [Note: Babylonian.] name which exactly corresponds to any of these variants, and it is impossible to identify the person intended.
C. H. W. Johns.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
One of Nebuchadnezzar's generals at Jerusalem's capture (Jer_39:3).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Sarse'chim. (prince of the eunuchs). One of the generals, of Nebuchadnezzar's army, at the taking of Jerusalem. Jer_39:3. (B.C. 588).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
sar?sḗ-kim, sar-sē-kim (שׂרסכים, sarṣekhı̄m): A prince of Nebuchadnezzar, present at the taking of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar in the 11th year of Zedekiah (Jer_39:3). The versions with their various readings - ?Nabousachar? ?Nabousarach,? ?Sarsacheim? - point to a corrupt text. The best emendation is the reading ?Nebhōshazibhon? ( = Nabûšêzib-anni, ?Nebo delivers me?); this is based on the reading in Jer_39:13.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Sarsechim
(Heb. Sarsekim', שִׂרְסְכַים, probably prince of the eunuchs; Sept. [with great confusion] Ναβουάχαρ v.r. Ναβουσαρσαχίμ, etc.; Vulg. Sarsachien), one of the generals of Nebuchadnezzar's army at the taking of Jerusalem (Jer_39:3), B.C. 588. He appears to have held the office of chief eunuch, for Rabsaris (q.v.) is probably a title and not a proper name. In Jer_39:13, Nebushasban is called Rab-saris, chief eunuch, and the question arises whether Nebushasban and Sarsechim may not be names of the same person. Gesenius conjectures (Thesaur. s.v.) that Sarsechim and Rab-saris may be identical, and both titles of the same office. SEE SAMGAR-NEBO.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.