1 Kings 4:3

Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha [probably the same person who is mentioned in 2 Samuel 20:25 as Sheva ; in 2 Samuel 8:17 , as Seraiah ; and in 1 Chronicles 18:16 , as Shavsha, David's scribe. The office thus descended from father to sons. The variations in this name are instructive. Compare Kishi and Kushaiah, Abijah and Abijam, Michaiah and Maachah, Absalom and Abishalom, etc. Names written ex ore dictantis are sure to differ. See below on 1 Chronicles 18:12 ], scribes [the scribes, סֹפְדִים , were Secretaries of State: they wrote letters and proclamations, drew up edicts, and apparently kept the accounts ( 2 Kings 12:10 ). Their position in the list indicates their importance]; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud , the recorder. [He held the same office under David, and is mentioned in all three lists ( 2 Samuel 8:17 ; 2 Samuel 20:25 ; 1 Chronicles 18:15 ). The recorder or "remembrancer" (marg.) was, perhaps, "chancellor" (Keil), or keeper of the king's conscience, rather than, as is generally supposed, chronicler of public events, and keeper of the archives. See Introduction, sect. 6.]