J.A. Thompson cites instances where saµri³Æs refers to royal officials in Egypt (Genesis 37:36; 39:1; 40:2, 7), in Assyria (2 Kings 18:17; 20:18), in Babylon (Jeremiah 39:3, 13; Isaiah 39:7; Daniel 1:3, 7–11), in Persia (Esther 1:10, 12), and in Jerusalem (Jeremiah 29:2; 34:19; 41:16; 52:25; 2 Kings 23:11, 25:19). See Thompson, The Book of Jeremiah, The New International Commentary of the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980), p. 639.
