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Recorder

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: R

By: George A. Morrish

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One in high office, who kept the records of the kingdom, a remembrancer (2 Sam. 8:16¹⁶And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; (2 Samuel 8:16); 2 Kings 18:18¹⁸And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. (2 Kings 18:18); 1 Chron. 18:15¹⁵And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder. (1 Chronicles 18:15); Isa. 36:3, 22³Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. (Isaiah 36:3)
²²Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. (Isaiah 36:22)).

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