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Commentary for I Kings 4:3

אֱלִיחֹ֧רֶף וַאֲחִיָּ֛ה בְּנֵ֥י שִׁישָׁ֖א סֹפְרִ֑ים יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט בֶּן־אֲחִיל֖וּד הַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃

Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;

Rashi on I Kings

Scribes. To write the [king’s] chronicles.
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Rashi on I Kings

The secretary. [To record] which legal case came before him first that he might rule on it first.2I.e., he was a court administrator. Thus have I heard.
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