Shisha: 2 Samuel 20:25, Sheva, 1 Chronicles 18:6, Shavsha
scribes: or, secretaries
recorder: or, remembrancer. 2 Samuel 8:16, 2 Samuel 20:24; 1 Chronicles 18:15; Isaiah 62:6 *marg.
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1 Kings 4:3
1 Kings 4:3
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