Ezra 4:8
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Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the secretary wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:
Read Ezra 4:8 Using Other Translations
Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:
Rehum the governor and Shimshai the court secretary wrote the letter, telling King Artaxerxes about the situation in Jerusalem.
What does Ezra 4:8 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Ezra 4:8
FOOTNOTES:
F9 So Midrash Esther, fol. 85. 3.
Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, wrote a
letter
against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this
sort.
] This means the same letter as before; which, according to
Jarchi, was sent in the name of Mithredath Tabeel and his
company, was endited by Rehum, master of words or sense, and
written by Shimshai the scribe, whom he makes to be a son of
Haman F9; but it was written rather in all
their names.
F9 So Midrash Esther, fol. 85. 3.
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