Ezra 4:8

Tree of Life Version

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:25

Sheba was scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were kohanim;

2 Samuel 8:17

Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were kohanim; Seraiah was scribe;

2 Kings 18:18

When they had called to the king, Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the royal palace, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, came out to them.

Ezra 4:17

The king sent this reply: “To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates who dwell in Samaria and the others in Trans-Euphrates. “Shalom!

Ezra 4:7

Also during the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his associates wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia. The letter was written in Aramaic and translated.

Ezra 4:9

From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and the officials, the magistrates, and governors over the Erechites, the Babylonians, the people of Susa (that is, the Elamites)