friend of the king, one of the two messengers sent by the exiled Jews to Jerusalem in the time of Darius ( Zechariah 7:2 ) to make inquiries at the temple.
(friend of the king ). The names of Sherezer and Regem-melech occur in an obscure passage of Zechariah. ( Zechariah 7:2 ) They were sent on behalf of some of the captivity to make inquiries at the temple concerning fasting (B.C. 617.)