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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, lord of judgment, and Shimshai, the scribe, wrote one epistle against Jerusalem to Arthasatha the king, thus:
In those days, and Mordecai sat in the gate of the king, Bigthan was angry, and Teresh, two eunuchs of the king watching the threshold; and they will seek to stretch forth the hand against the king Ahasuerus.