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A secretary was a royal official often responsible for correspondence

2 Samuel 8:17; Samuel 20:25; 1 Kings 4:3; 2 Kings 18:18,37; Kings 19:2; Kings 22:12; 2 Chronicles 34:13,15-18 Shaphan takes the Book of the Law to King Josiah; Ezra 4:8-9,17,23; 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 pp 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

See also

4065  orderliness
5266  conscription
5391  letters
5393  literacy
5439  pen
5514  scribes
5638  writing
7912  collections