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reÌ„Ì-koÌ‚r´dẽr (מזכּיר, mazkı̄r; the Revised Version margin “chroniclerâ€): A high functionary in the court of the Jewish kings, part of whose duty seems to have been to chronicle the events of the reign, but who also occupied a position corresponding with that of the modern vizier (; ; , etc.). His high rank is shown by the facts that, with other officers, he represented Hezekiah in speaking with Rabshakeh (), and, in the reign of Josiah, superintended the repairs of the temple ().