RECORDER
RECORDER
Or remembrancer, a sort of registrar of affairs at the court of Judah, 2Sa 8:16 ; 1Ki 4:3 ; 2Ki 18:18 .
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Recorder
(, mazkir’, a remembrancer; Sept. , ), an officer of high rank in the Jewish state, exercising the functions, not simply of an annalist, but of chancellor or president of the privy council (Isa 36:3; Isa 36:22). The title itself may, perhaps, have reference to his office as adviser of the king; at all events, the notices prove that he was more than an annalist, though the superintendence of the records was without doubt intrusted to him. In David’s court the recorder appears among the high officers of his household (2Sa 8:16; 2Sa 20:24; 1Ch 18:15). In Solomon’s he is coupled with the three secretaries, and is mentioned last, probably as being their president (1Ki 4:3). Under Hezekiah, the recorder, in conjunction with the praefect of the palace and the secretary, represented the king (2Ki 18:18; 2Ki 18:37). The patronymic of the recorder at this time, Joah the son of Asaph, makes it probable that he was a Levite. Under Josiah, the recorder, the secretary, and the governor of the city were intrusted with the superintendence of the repairs of the Temple (2Ch 34:8). These notices are sufficient to prove the high position held by him. The same office is mentioned as existing in the Persian court, both ancient and modern, where it is called wauka nuwish; andl also in the time of the Roman emperors Arcadius and Honorius, under the name of magiste memorice. In Ezr 4:15, mention is made of the book of the records, and in Est 6:1; Est 10:2, of the book of records of the chronicles, written by officers of this nature. Many of the royal annals of Egypt and Assyria were sculptured on the obelisks, slabs, and monuments, and are still in fine preservation; and already they have contributed to the illustration of the inspired records. SEE SCRIBE.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Recorder
(Heb. mazkir, i.e., “the mentioner,” “rememberancer”), the office first held by Jehoshaphat in the court of David (2 Sam. 8:16), also in the court of Solomon (1 Kings 4:3). The next recorder mentioned is Joah, in the reign of Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:18, 37; Isa. 36:3, 22). In the reign of Josiah another of the name of Joah filled this office (2 Chr. 34:8). The “recorder” was the chancellor or vizier of the kingdom. He brought all weighty matters under the notice of the king, “such as complaints, petitions, and wishes of subjects or foreigners. He also drew up papers for the king’s guidance, and prepared drafts of the royal will for the scribes. All treaties came under his oversight; and he had the care of the national archives or records, to which, as royal historiographer, like the same state officer in Assyria and Egypt, he added the current annals of the kingdom.”
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Recorder
(mazkir). Historiographer, whose charge was over the public registers, to see that fit persons put on record for future remembrance the annals of the kingdom. A high office; the chancellor, not merely national annalist (as Vulgate and Septuagint); he kept a record of whatever took place around the king, informed him of what occurred in the kingdom, and presided over the privy council (2Sa 8:16; 2Sa 20:24; 1Ch 18:15, margin “at the hand of the king”; 1Ki 4:3; 2Ki 18:18; 2Ki 18:37; 2Ch 34:8).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Recorder
RECORDER.See King, 2 (6) (c).
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Recorder
re-korder (, mazkr; the Revised Version margin chronicler): A high functionary in the court of the Jewish kings, part of whose duty seems to have been to chronicle the events of the reign, but who also occupied a position corresponding with that of the modern vizier (2Sa 8:16; 2Sa 20:24; 1Ch 18:15, etc.). His high rank is shown by the facts that, with other officers, he represented Hezekiah in speaking with Rabshakeh (2Ki 18:18), and, in the reign of Josiah, superintended the repairs of the temple (2Ch 34:8).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Recorder
Recorder, the title of a high officer in the court of the kings of Judah (2Sa 8:16; 1Ki 4:3; 2Ki 18:18). ‘Remembrancer’ would perhaps be a more exact translation of the title. The officer thus designated seems to have been not only the grand custodier of the public records, but to have kept the responsible registry of the current transactions of the government. This was an employment of the very first rank and dignity in the courts of the ancient East.
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Recorder
One in high office, who kept the records of the kingdom, a remembrancer. 2Sa 8:16;
2Ki 18:18; 1Ch 18:15; Isa 36:3; Isa 36:22.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Recorder
See Scribe; Secretary
Scribe; Secretary
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Recorder
Recorder. An officer of high rank in the Jewish state, exercising the functions, not simply of an annalist, but of chancellor or president of the privy council. In David’s court, the recorder appeal’s among the high officers of his household. 2Sa 8:16; 2Sa 20:24; 1Ch 18:15 In Solomon’s court, he is coupled with the three secretaries. 1Ki 4:3. Compare 2Ki 18:18; 2Ki 18:37; 2Ch 34:8.
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
RECORDER
2Sa 8:16; 2Sa 20:24; 1Ki 4:3; 2Ki 18:18; 2Ch 34:8