Topic
Regem-melech
1 passage cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
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- Zechariah 7:2Easton · ISBE · Nave A captive sent as a messenger from the Jews in Babylon to Jerusalem
When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
Friend of the king, one of the two messengers sent by the exiled Jews to Jerusalem in the time of Darius (Zech. 7:2) to make inquiries at the temple.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
re'-gem-me'-lek, re'-gem-mel'-ek (reghem melekh): One of a deputation sent to inquire concerning the propriety of continuing the commemoration of the destruction of the temple by holding a fast (Zec 7:2). The text of the passage is in disorder. The name may mean "friend of the king"; hence, some have sought to remove the difficulty by interpreting reghem melekh as a title, not a personal name, reading the clause, "They of Beth-el had sent SHAREZER (q.v. (2)), the friend of the king."
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → A captive sent as a messenger from the Jews in Babylon to Jerusalem Zec 7:2
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.