A secretary was a royal official often responsible for correspondence
2 Samuel 8:17, 2 Samuel 20:25; 1 Kings 4:3; 2 Kings 18:18, 2 Kings 18:37, 2 Kings 19:2, 2 Kings 22:12; 2 Chronicles 34:13, 2 Chronicles 34:15–18 Shaphan takes the Book of the Law to King Josiah; Ezra 4:8–9, Ezra 4:17, Ezra 4:23; Esther 3:12, Esther 8:9; Jeremiah 36:10
A secretary collected the temple repair money
2 Kings 12:10–12; 2 Chronicles 24:11
A secretary was in charge of conscripting soldiers
2 Kings 25:19 parallel Jeremiah 52:25; 2 Chronicles 26:11
Secretaries to writers of NT letters
Tertius and Silas acted in the capacity of secretary, writing down what the apostles told them to: Romans 16:22; 1 Peter 5:12
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Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.