am 3294, bc 710
the king: 2 Chronicles 32:9; Isaiah 20:1, Isaiah 36:2
Tartan: Calmet remarks, that these are not the names of persons, but of offices: Tartan: signifies "he who presides over gifts or tribute;" Rabsaris:, "the chief of the eunuchs;" and Rabshakeh:, "the chief cup-bearer."
great: Heb. heavy
the conduit of the upper pool: If the Fuller's field were near En-Rogel, or the Fuller's fountain, east of Jerusalem, as is generally supposed, then the conduit of the upper pool may been an aqueduct that brought the water from the upper or eastern reservoir of that fountain, which had been seized in order to distress the city. 2 Kings 20:20; Isaiah 7:3, Isaiah 22:9-11, Isaiah 36:2