Regem-melech
Regem-melech
(Heb. Re’gem Me’lek, friend of the king; Sept. [v. r. ) ; Vilg. Rogommelech), the name of a person who, in connection with Sherezer, was sent on behalf of some of the captivity to make inquiries at the Temple concerning fasting (Zec 7:2). B.C. cir. 517. In the A.V. the subject of the verse appears to be the captive Jews in Babylon and Bethel, or the house of God is regarded as the accusative after the verb of motion. The Sept. takes the king as the nominative to the verb sent, considering the last part of the name Regem-melech as an appellative, and not as a proper name. What reading the Sept. had it is difficult to conjecture. In the Vulgate, Sherezer, Regem- melech, and their men are the persons who sent to the house of God. The Peshito-Syriac has a curious version of the passage: And he sent to Bethel, to Sherezer and Rab-mag; and the king sent and his men to pray for him before the Lord; Sharezer and Rab-mag being associated in Jer 39:3; Jer 39:13. The Hexaplar-Syriac, following the Peshito, has Rab-mag. On referring to Zec 7:5, the expression the people of the land seems to indicate that those who sent to the Temple were not the captive Jews in Babylon, but those who had returned to their own country; and this being the case, it is probable that in Zec 7:2 Bethel is to be taken as the subject: and Bethel, i.e. the inhabitants of Bethel, sent. From its connection with Sherezer, the name Regem-melech (lit. king’s friend, comp. 1Ch 27:33) was probably an Assyrian title of office. SEE RAB-MAG
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Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Regem-melech
friend of the king, one of the two messengers sent by the exiled Jews to Jerusalem in the time of Darius (Zech. 7:2) to make inquiries at the temple.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Regem Melech
(“the king’s official”) (Zec 7:2). Sent by Jews of the country (Zec 7:5) to “the house of God” (Bethel) or congregation at Jerusalem. Beth-el is here used for Beth-Jehovah; the religious authorities, not “the house of Jehovah” (named in Zec 7:3), are meant. The temple was not actually completed until two years later (Ezr 6:15 with Zec 7:1). But the congregation, headed by their priests, was “the house of God,” paving the way for the spiritual New Testament “house of God” (Heb 3:6; Zec 3:7; Hos 8:1). Ezra (Ezr 5:8; Ezr 5:15; Ezr 6:7; Ezr 7:20; Ezr 7:23) uses Bet Elowah for “the house of God.” The allusion is to God’s words to Jacob, “go up to Bethel” (Gen 28:19; Gen 35:1).
Jacob’s “house of God” consisted as yet of but a pillar first and an altar afterward (Gen 28:17-18; Gen 28:22; Gen 36:1; Gen 36:7); so the house of God at the time of Regem Melech consisted merely of an altar, and congregation, and priests favored with God’s presence in worship at it. God, as in Jacob’s case, could bless the obedient at the bore altar before the temple was reared. But many sent to Jehovah’s house, not like Jacob at Bethel but as the apostate Israelites to the calf at Bethel, with no spirit of true obedience. Hence the name “Bethel” is used. In Gen 36:5, it is not to the people of Bethel but “unto all the people of the land” the word of the Lord came in reply; therefore Bethel is not the nominative to “sent” in Gen 36:2, as Maurer proposes.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Regem-Melech
REGEM-MELECH.One of the deputation sent to the prophet Zechariah (Zec 7:2).
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Regem-Melech
regem-melek, regem-melek ( , reghem melekh): One of a deputation sent to inquire concerning the propriety of continuing the commemoration of the destruction of the temple by holding a fast (Zec 7:2). The text of the passage is in disorder. The name may mean friend of the king; hence, some have sought to remove the difficulty by interpreting reghem melekh as a title, not a personal name, reading the clause, They of Beth-el had sent SHAREZER (q.v. (2)), the friend of the king.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Regem-Melech
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A captive sent as a messenger from the Jews in Babylon to Jerusalem.
Zec 7:2
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Regem-melech
Re’gem-me’lech. (friend of the king). The names of Sherezer and Regem-melech occur in an obscure passage of Zechariah. Zec 7:2. They were sent on behalf of some of the captivity, to make inquiries at the Temple concerning fasting. (B.C. 617).