Sarsechim

Sarsechim is a Babylonian prince present at the capture of Jerusalem under Nebuchadnezzar. He appears once in scripture, listed among the officers who entered the city and took their seats in the middle gate when the walls were breached.

A Prince of Babylon at Jerusalem's Fall

The text places Sar-sechim with the Babylonian command after the city falls in Zedekiah's eleventh year: "And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, [to wit,] Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sar-sechim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, with all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon" (Jer 39:3). His title, Rabsaris, marks him as a senior Babylonian official; he sits among the named princes who together represent Nebuchadnezzar's authority at the captured gate.