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Rehum

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1

Merciful.

2

One of “the children of the province” who returned from the Captivity (Ezra 2:2); the same as “Nehum” (Neh 7:7).

3

The “chancellor” of Artaxerxes, who sought to stir him up against the Jews (Ezra 4:8-24) and prevent the rebuilding of the walls and the temple of Jerusalem.

4

A Levite (Neh 3:17).

5
6

A priest (Neh 12:3).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

re'-hum (rechum, or rechum):

(1) One of the twelve heads of the Jewish community returning from captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2; Neh 7:7 (by a copyist's error "Nehum"); Neh 12:3; 1 Thess 5:8, "Roimus").

(2) A Persian officer of high rank (literally, "master of judgment, taste, reason") who with others wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes (Ezra 4:8; Ezra 4:9; Ezra 4:17; Ezra 4:23).

(3) Son of Bani, a Levite, one of the wall-builders under Nehemiah (Neh 3:17).

(4) One of the signers of the covenant in Neh 10:25.

(5) In Neh 12:3 (omitted in the Septuagint) one Rehum is mentioned with those who went up with Zerubbabel. It is probable that we should read here "Harim" (charim for rechum of Neh 12:15).

W. N. Stearns

See also

Person Rehum (Ezr 2,2) Person Rehum (Ezr 4,8) Person Rehum (Neh 3,17) Person Rehum (Neh 10,25)

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