Chamberlain in Biblical History

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What is a Chamberlain?
CHAM'BERLAIN
2 Kgs 23:11. An officer who has charge of the royal chambers, or the king's lodgings, wardrobes, etc. In Eastern courts eunuchs were commonly employed for this service. Esth 1:10, Jud 4:12, 2 Sam 20:15. The word occurs twice in A.V. of N.T., but entirely different offices are meant in the Greek. Blastus, "the king's chamberlain," mentioned in Acts 12:20, "held a post of honor which involved great intimacy and influence with the king." Erastus, "the chamberlain of the city of Corinth," who sent salutations to the Roman Christians, Rom 16:23, was probably the treasurer of the city.

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