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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 the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter concerning Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:
In those days while Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs who protected the entrance, became angry and plotted to assassinate King Ahasuerus.
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