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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Shavsha
One of David's royal secretaries. The same man seems to turn up as Seraiah, Sheva and Shisha in other lists, which is how court names tended to drift.
First, in plain English
One of David's royal secretaries. The same man seems to turn up as Seraiah, Sheva and Shisha in other lists, which is how court names tended to drift.
Who this is
One of David's royal secretaries (1 Chronicles 18:16); the same official appears under the names Seraiah in 2 Samuel 8:17, Sheva in 2 Samuel 20:25, and Shisha in 1 Kings 4:3, the variation typical of how court titles and names were transliterated across parallel records.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
H7798
Where it appears
- 1 Chronicles 18:16
