Ezra 4:8 - Commentary

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Text -- Ezra 4:8 (NET)

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4:8 Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter concerning Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:

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Names, People and Places:

· Artaxerxes a man who usurped the Persian throne 552-551BC (ZD74),a Persian king who must have reigned before 516BC (ZD74),King of Persia about 460-440BC (ZD74)

· Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin

· Rehum a priest leader of some who returned from exile with Zerubbabel,a man who was one of Ezra's local adversaries,son of Bani; a Levite who helped repair the walls of Jerusalem,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to keep God's law

· Shimshai father of (Zabad?) who had Artaxerxes stop the work on the temple