REGEM-MELECH re’ gəm mĕl’ ĭk (רֶ֥גֶם מֶ֖לֶכְ). A member of a delegation sent by the people of Bethel to the Temple priests to inquire regarding the propriety of continuing to fast in commemoration of the destruction of the Temple (Zech 7:2). There is uncertainty as to whether a personal name or the title, “friend of the king,” is intended. The meaning may be “the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer, the friend of the king.”