Ezra 4:8 BSB — MannaFest

Ezra 4:8

Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:

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ASV

Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:

KJV

Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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 (i); but it was written rather in all their names. (i) So Midrash Esther, fol. 85. 3.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Rehum the chancellor - With this verse the Chaldee part of the chapter begins; and the same language continues to the end of Ezr 6:18. These men wrote to Darius in their own language; and the king in the same dialect returns an answer, chap. 5. This circumstance adds authenticity to what is written: so scrupulous was the inspired penman, that he not only gave the words which each spoke and wrote, but he gave them also in the very language in which they were conceived and in the character peculiar to that language.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
רְח֣וּם	re.Chum	Rehum	H7348 →
בְּעֵל־	be.'el-	lord of	H1169 →
טְעֵ֗ם	te.'Em	command	H2942 →
וְשִׁמְשַׁי֙	ve.shim.Shai	and Shimshai	H8124 →
סָֽפְרָ֔א	sa.fe.Ra'	scribe the	H5613 →
כְּתַ֛בוּ	ke.Ta.vu	they wrote	H3790 →
אִגְּרָ֥ה	'i.ge.Rah	a letter	H104 →
חֲדָ֖ה	cha.Dah	one	H2298 →
עַל־	'al-	concerning	H5922 →
יְרוּשְׁלֶ֑ם	ye.ru.she.Lem	Jerusalem	H3390 →
לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥שְׂתְּא	le.'ar.tach.Shas.te'	to Artaxerxes	H783 →
מַלְכָּ֖א	mal.Ka'	king the	H4430 →
כְּנֵֽמָא׃	ke.Ne.ma'	as follows	H3660 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Samuel 8:17
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 18:16
  Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 6:8
  Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,
Through
Ezra 4:9
From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,
leads to
- Ezra 6:6
  Therefore Darius decreed: To Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates and officials in the region: You must stay away from that place!
- Ezra 5:6
  This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.
- 2 Kings 17:24
  Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in…
- 2 Kings 17:30–31
  The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
- Esther 1:2
  In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.
Through
2 Kings 18:18
Then they called for the king; and Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to them.
leads to
- 2 Kings 19:2
  And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz

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