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An officer of Artaxerxes residing in Pal., 1Es 2:16; 1Es 2:25 (Septuagint 1Es 2:15; 1Es 2:21). It is not a proper name, but a title of Rehum, the name immediately preceding it in Ezr 4:8. It is a corruption of be'
Rehum holder of judicial authority, and Shimshai the scribe, wrote a certain letter against Jerusalem, - to Artaxerxes the king, thus:
In those days, when, Mordecai, was sitting in the gate of the king, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the eunuchs of the king who guarded the threshold, were wroth, and sought to thrust a hand upon King Ahasuerus;