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Powerful Political Foes
Commentators explain that Rehum and Shimshai were not minor figures but high-ranking Persian officials. Rehum, the 'chancellor,' was likely the provincial governor, while Shimshai, the 'scribe,' was the royal secretary. Their official positions gave their letter of opposition significant political weight.
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Albert Barnes
On Ezra 4:8
18th Century
Theologian
The chancellor - literally, “Lord of judgment;” the title, apparently, of the Persian governor of the Samaritan province. Every Persian gov…
Charles Ellicott
On Ezra 4:8
19th Century
Bishop
Rehum the chancellor — The lord of judgment, the counselor of the Persian king, a conventional title of the civil governo…
John Gill
On Ezra 4:8
17th Century
Pastor
Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, wrote a letter
against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in…
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Matthew Henry
On Ezra 4:6–24
17th Century
Minister
It is an old slander, that the prosperity of the church would be hurtful to kings and princes. Nothing can be more false, for true godliness teache…