2 Samuel 20:25

And Sheva [was] scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests:

Ver. 25. And Sheva was scribe.] The same with that Seraiah, 2Sa 8:17 or else some other succeeding him, being now dead.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

scribe , or secretary. Compare 2 Samuel 8:17 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: Shevah was scribe - The king's secretary.
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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Death of Sheba
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and Sheva was scribe, secretary of state; and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests;
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 18:16 ; 1 Kings 4:4 ; 2 Samuel 8:17

²⁵ And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 20:25

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 20:25