SOPHER, or Shopher, one of the Commanders of the Army of Zedekiah King of Judah, 2 Kings xxv. 19. But Sopher may rather be taken for a Scribe, Secretary, or Commissioner, who had the Superintendance of the King’s Army. Shopher signifies a Secretary.
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