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Summary

Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.

Rehum

Bible References

Rehum

Ezra 4:8
Rehum, lord of judgment, and Shimshai, the scribe, wrote one epistle against Jerusalem to Arthasatha the king, thus:

They went up

Proverbs 4:16
For they slept not, if they shall not do evil; and their sleep was taken away, if they shall not cause to falter.
Micah 2:1
Wo to them purposing vanity, and working evil upon their beds! In the light of the morning they will do it because it is to the strength of their hand.
Romans 3:15
Their feet active to pour out blood: