Dictionaries :: Recorder

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Recorder:

(Heb. mazkir, i.e., "the mentioner," "rememberancer"), the office first held by Jehoshaphat in the court of David (2Sa 8:16), also in the court of Solomon (1Ki 4:3). The next recorder mentioned is Joah, in the reign of Hezekiah (2Ki 18:18,37; Isa 36:3,22). In the reign of Josiah another of the name of Joah filled this office (2Ch 34:8). The "recorder" was the chancellor or vizier of the kingdom. He brought all weighty matters under the notice of the king, "such as complaints, petitions, and wishes of subjects or foreigners. He also drew up papers for the king's guidance, and prepared drafts of the royal will for the scribes. All treaties came under his oversight; and he had the care of the national archives or records, to which, as royal historiographer, like the same state officer in Assyria and Egypt, he added the current annals of the kingdom."

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Recorder:

re-kor'-der (mazkir; the Revised Version margin "chronicler"): A high functionary in the court of the Jewish kings, part of whose duty seems to have been to chronicle the events of the reign, but who also occupied a position corresponding with that of the modern vizier (2Sa 8:16; 20:24; 1Ch 18:15, etc.). His high rank is shown by the facts that, with other officers, he represented Hezekiah in speaking with Rabshakeh (2Ki 18:18), and, in the reign of Josiah, superintended the repairs of the temple (2Ch 34:8).

Nave's Topical Bible

Recorder:

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Smith's Bible Dictionary

Recorder:

an officer of high rank in the Jewish state, exercising the functions, not simply of an annalist, but of chancellor or president of the privy council. In David's court the recorder appeal's among the high officers of his household (2 Samuel 8:16; 20:24; 1 Chronicles 18:15). In Solomon's he is coupled with the three secretaries (1 Kings 4:3 compare 2 Kings 18:18, 37; 2 Chronicles 34:8).