Ezra 4:8

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Ar-ta-xerxes the king as follows—

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:25

and Sheva was secretary; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

2 Samuel 8:17

and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests; and Seraiah was secretary;

2 Kings 18:18

And when they called for the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder.

Ezra 4:17

The king sent an answer: “To Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their associates who live in Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River, greeting. And now

Ezra 4:7

And in the days of Ar-ta-xerxes, Bishlam and Mithredath and Tabeel and the rest of their associates wrote to Ar-ta-xerxes king of Persia; the letter was written in Aramaic and translated.

Ezra 4:9

then wrote Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates, the judges, the governors, the officials, the Persians, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, that is, the Elamites,