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1 Kings 4:3
King James Version (KJV)
Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary
Bible Commentary
Elihoreph and Ahiah - scribes - Secretaries to the king.
Jehoshaphat - recorder - Historiographer to the king, who chronicled the affairs of the kingdom. He was in this office under David see 2 Samuel 20:24.
Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible
Notes on the Whole Bible
Shisha, or Shavsha 1 Chronicles 18:16, seems also to have been called Sheva 2 Samuel 20:25, and Seraiah 2 Samuel 8:17.
The “scribes” were probably royal “secretaries” (margin), who drew up the king‘s edicts, wrote his letters, and perhaps managed his finances 1 Kings 12:10. They were among his most influential councillors.
By “recorder” or “remembrancer” (margin), we must understand “court annalist” (marginal reference “a”).
Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary
Concise Bible Commentary
In the choice of the great officers of Solomon's court, no doubt, his wisdom appeared. Several are the same that were in his father's time. A plan was settled by which no part of the country was exhausted to supply his court, though each sent its portion.
Cross References
The United Monarchy under Solomon (2)
