Ezra 4:8-9

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁸Rehum the chief deputy and Shimshai the scribe^(A) wrote a letter to King Artaxerxes concerning Jerusalem as follows:

⁹From Rehum^[a] the chief deputy, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues—the judges and magistrates^[b] from Tripolis, Persia, Erech, Babylon, Susa^(B) (that is, the people of Elam),^[c]

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Footnotes

Ezra 4:9 Lit Then Rehum
Ezra 4:9 Or ambassadors
Ezra 4:9 Aram obscure

Ezra 8:36

Holman Christian Standard Bible

³⁶They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates,^(A) so that they would support the people and the house of God.^(B)

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