Ezra 4:8 meaning and explanation
Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:
Ezra 4:8, Berean Standard Bible
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Ezra 4 tells how opposition to the returned exiles grew from local discouragement into an official appeal to Persia. Verse 8 introduces the letter that follows, naming its writers: Rehum, a Persian official titled commander, and Shimshai, a scribe.
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