Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
Elihoreph and Ahiah, х 'Eliychorep (H456), God is his recompense; wa-'Achiyaah (H281), brother (friend) of Yahweh].
Scribes, х copªriym (H5608); Septuagint, grammateis (G1122)] - secretaries of state, who wrote the royal edicts. Under David there had been only one. And the employment of three functionaries in this department indicates either improved regulations by the division of labour, or a great increase of business, occasioned by the growing prosperity of the kingdom, or a more extensive correspondence with foreign countries.
Recorder, х hamazkiyr (H2142)] - i:e., historiographer, or annalist; an office of great importance in Oriental courts, and the duties of which consisted in chronicling the most interesting and important occurrences of every day.