A certain officer - literally, “a certain eunuch” (margin). Eunuchs were now in common use at the Samaritan court (compare 2 Kings 9:32). They are ascribed to the court of David in Chronicles 1 Chronicles 28:1; and we may conjecture that they were maintained by Solomon. But otherwise we do not find them in the kingdom of Judah until the time of Hezekiah Isaiah 56:3-4.
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2 Kings 8:6
6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer,a saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.