Biblical Hebrew Forum

["K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Bruce:
1 Kings 4:3, these were the names of Solomon's scribes, namely Elicharap and
Achiah, the sons of Shisha

2 Samuel 8:17 Seryah

2 Samuel 20:25 Shiya

1 Chronicles 18:16 Shusha

It is possible that the father of Solomon's scribes was one of David's
scribes, copyist error in one of the books causing a different spelling, or
those could have been different people.

We find in modern politics that a president's assistants often don't last
four years, so why should we assume that David's scribes last the full 40
years of his rule?

Karl W. Randolph.

On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Bruce Prince <bruceprince AT bigpond.com>wrote:

> Could you learned people please tell me why David's secretary's name name
> appear to have so many variations?
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> 1 Kings 4.3 - Shisha; 2 Sam 20.25 - Sheva; 1 Chron 18.16 - Shavsha; 2 Sam
> 8.17 - Seraiah.
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> Thank you
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> Bruce Prince
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> Australia
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