Bible Dictionary

Sheriffs,

SHER'IFFS, mentioned in Dan 3:2 as among the Babylonish dignitaries, were probably officers like the mufti, or the "head-doctors of the Law in the Turkish empire."

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

SHER'IFFS, mentioned in Dan 3:2 as among the Babylonish dignitaries, were probably officers like the mufti, or the "head-doctors of the Law in the Turkish empire."