Isaiah 36:3 - "And there came out to him Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Hebna the secretary, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder."

The recorder was an officer of high rank in the Jewish state, exercising the functions, not simply of an annalist, but of chancellor or president of the privy council. He was not only the grand custodian of the public records, but also kept the responsible registry of the current transactions of government. Perhaps orginally he kept in mind the decrees and judgments of the king, and…