Scribes
Professional scholars and copyists of the law who served as interpreters and teachers of Scripture in ancient Israel. Ezra was the model scribe — 'a teacher well versed in the Law of Moses' (Ezra 7:6). By Jesus' time, scribes were influential authorities on legal and religious matters. Jesus often grouped them with the Pharisees in his critiques (Matthew 23:2-7), yet praised a scribe who understood the greatest commandment as 'not far from the kingdom of God' (Mark 12:28-34). Their meticulous copying of manuscripts preserved the biblical text across centuries, contributing to the remarkable accuracy of the Hebrew Scriptures.
Verses about Scribes
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2. Samuel 8:17
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
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2. Samuel 20:25
And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
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1. Krallar 4:3
Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
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2. Krallar 12:10
And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and…
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2. Krallar 18:18
And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joa…
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2. Krallar 18:37
Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with t…
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2. Krallar 19:2
And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophe…
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2. Krallar 22:3
And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the ho…
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2. Krallar 22:8
And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah gave the book to Sha…
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2. Krallar 22:9
And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house,…
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2. Krallar 22:10
And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
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2. Krallar 22:12
And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a serva…
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2. Krallar 25:19
And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which were found in t…
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1. Tarihler 2:55
And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, t…
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1. Tarihler 18:16
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
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1. Tarihler 24:6
And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech th…
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1. Tarihler 27:32
Also Jonathan David’s uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons:
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2. Tarihler 24:11
Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much…
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2. Tarihler 26:11
Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe …
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2. Tarihler 34:13
Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were s…