John Gill Commentary Ezra 4:8

"Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:" — Ezra 4:8 (ASV)

Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, wrote a letter
against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort .
] This means the same letter as before; which, according to Jarchi, was sent in the name of Mithredath Tabeel and his company, was indited by Rehum, master of words or sense, and written by Shimshai the scribe, whom he considers to be a son of Haman ^F9 ; but it was more likely written in all their names.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F9: So Midrash Esther, fol. 85. 3.