Bible Person
Male · 4 cross references
Shavsha, also reflected under related name forms in Samuel and Kings, is one of David's secretaries and part of the kingdom's administrative core. He belongs to the scribal machinery that supports royal government. First appears in 2 Sam 8:17.1
AI summary: Shavsha matters because the cross references present him as a royal scribe or secretary whose work helps sustain the bureaucracy of David's reign and its continuities into Solomon's time. The variant name forms across books show how important offices endure even when the textual traditions differ slightly. His role is practical, but essential. Taken together, the material presents Shavsha as a royal secretary whose work supports the functioning of the monarchy.1
Central Figure
Shavsha
(“Seraiah,” 2 Sam.
(“Seraiah,” 2 Sam. 8:17; “Shisha,” 1 Kings 4:3), one of David’s secretaries (1 Chr. 18:16). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.