Ezra 4:8

New American Bible - revised edition

Then Rehum, the governor, and Shimshai, the scribe, wrote the following letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes:

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:25

Shawsha was the scribe. Zadok and Abiathar were priests.

2 Samuel 8:17

Zadok, son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech, son of Abiathar, were priests. Shavsha was scribe.

2 Kings 18:18

They called for the king, but Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, the master of the palace, came out, along with Shebnah the scribe and the chancellor Joah, son of Asaph.

Ezra 4:17

The king sent this answer: “To Rehum, the governor, Shimshai, the scribe, and their fellow officials living in Samaria and elsewhere in the province West-of-Euphrates, greetings:

Ezra 4:7

Again, in the time of Artaxerxes, Tabeel and the rest of his fellow officials, in concert with Mithredath, wrote to Artaxerxes, king of Persia. The document was written in Aramaic and was accompanied by a translation.

Ezra 4:9

“Rehum, the governor, Shimshai, the scribe, and their fellow officials, judges, legates, and agents from among the Persians, Urukians, Babylonians, Susians (that is, Elamites),