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Ezra 4:8

Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:

KJV

Reum Beelteem, et Samsai scriba, scripserunt epistolam unam de Jerusalem Artaxerxi regi, hujuscemodi :

Vulgate

Ῥαοὺλ βαδαταμὲν καὶ Σαμασὰ ὁ γραμματεὺς ἔγραψαν ἐπιστολὴν μίαν κατὰ Ἰερουσαλὴμ τῷ Ἀρσαρθὰ βασιλεῖ.

LXX

Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:

ASV

רְח֣וּם בְּעֵל טְעֵ֗ם וְ/שִׁמְשַׁי֙ סָֽפְרָ֔/א כְּתַ֛בוּ אִגְּרָ֥ה חֲדָ֖ה עַל יְרוּשְׁלֶ֑ם לְ/אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥שְׂתְּא מַלְכָּ֖/א כְּנֵֽמָא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א
'
noun · 3×
א
'
noun · 179×
א
'
noun · 6×
אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא
'rtchshst'
proper_noun · 17×
בְּעֵל
b'l
noun · 3×
חַד֙
chd
noun · 14×
טְעֵ֔ם
t'm
noun · 24×
ירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 26×
כָֽתְבָן֙
ktbn
verb · 8×
כְּנֵ֖מָא
knm'
adverb · 5×
עַל
'l
preposition · 111×
רְח֣וּם
rchvm
proper_noun · 8×
שִׁמְשַׁי֙
shmshy
proper_noun · 4×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezra 4:9 — Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susa