Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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1 Kings 4:3
scribes—that is, secretaries of state. Under David, there had been only one [II Samuel 8:17; II Samuel 20:25]. The employment of three functionaries in this department indicates either improved regulations by the division of labor, or a great increase of business, occasioned by the growing prosperity of the kingdom, or a more extensive correspondence with foreign countries.
recorder—that is, historiographer, or annalist—an office of great importance in Oriental courts, and the duties of which consisted in chronicling the occurrences of every day.
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