Ezra 4:9 - Commentary

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Text -- Ezra 4:9 (NET)

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4:9 From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues– the judges, the rulers, the officials, the secretaries, the Erechites, the Babylonians, the people of Susa (that is, the Elamites),

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Names, People and Places:

· Babylonians members of the nation of Babylon

· Elamites members of the clan of Elam; residents of the region of Elam

· Erech a town in Lower Mesopotamia on the Euphrates River

· Persian citizen(s) of Persia

· 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

· Susa capital city of Elam and winter home of the Persian kings (OS)