Bible Dictionary: Scribes: Acted as Secretaries to Kings

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2 Samuel 8:17
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
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2 Samuel 20:25
And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
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2 Kings 12:10
And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
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Esther 3:12
Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded to the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
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Library

Introduction
... itself was forced to keep Babylonian secretaries who understood ... Even the Bedawin
shekhs, who acted as free-lances ... The scribes and upper classes could read and ...
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Sargon of Assyria (722-705 BC )
... The Assyrian and Babylonian scribes assimilated the Susian b to the ... the taking of
Samaria, and as 2 Kings 18:13 ... But though he had acted speedily he was too late ...
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The Medes and the Second Chaldaean Empire
... to be made of them, and his secretaries set to ... The scribes enriched his library for
him, in much the same ... by the other tribes, each one acted separately, thus ...
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The Last Days of the Old Eastern World
... about the island, Megabyzos assembled troops in Cilicia, and the petty kings of
Greek ... Cimon acted as though he were about to reopen the campaign in Egypt and ...
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Subtopics

Scribes

Scribes were Ready Writers

Scribes: Acted as Keepers of the Muster-Rolls of the Host

Scribes: Acted as Notaries in Courts of Justice

Scribes: Acted as Religious Teachers

Scribes: Acted as Secretaries to Kings

Scribes: Acted as Secretaries to Prophets

Scribes: Acted as Writers of Public Documents

Scribes: Antiquity of

Scribes: Families Celebrated for Furnishing: Kenites

Scribes: Families Celebrated for Furnishing: Levi