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SHIMSHAI

Persian government official whose territory included Palestine. With another official (Rehum), he wrote a letter to Artaxerxes opposing the rebuilding of the temple by the Jews returned from exile (Ezr 4:8-9). He succeeded in halting the rebuilding project.

Show passage in OET: EZR 4:8–9

OET-RV EZR 4:8

8 Rehum the high commissioner and Shimshay the provincial secretary wrote a letter to King Artahshashta against Yerushalem as follows:

OET-RV EZR 4:9

9 From Rehum the high commissioner and Shimshay the provincial secretary, and the our companions, the judges and the rulers, the officials, the Persians, the Erekites, the Babylonians, the Susaites (that is, the Eylamites),

OET-LV EZR 4:8

8 Rəḩūm master_of command and_Shimshay the_scribe they_wrote a_letter one concerning Yərūshelēm/(Jerusalem) to_ʼArtaḩshashtāʼ Oh/the_king as_follows.

OET-LV EZR 4:9

9 Then Rəḩūm master_of command and_Shimshay the_scribe and_the_rest_of their_associates the_Dinay and_the_officials the_Tarpelites the_Sipparites the_Erechites the_Bāⱱelians the_Susanchites mmm the_ˊĒylāmites.

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