Recorder (Bible)

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A recorder (

1 Kings 4:3). The next recorder mentioned was Joah, in the reign of Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:18,37; Isaiah 36:3,22). In the reign of Josiah
another person named Joah filled this office (2 Chronicles 34:8).

The "recorder" was the chancellor or

historiographer, like the same state officer in Assyria
and Egypt, he added the current annals of the kingdom."

References

  1. Eastons Bible Dictionary
    1897