Rehum:
merciful. (1.) One of "the children of the province" who returned from the Captivity (Ezr 2:2); the same as "Nehum" (Neh 7:7).
(2.) The "chancellor" of Artaxerxes, who sought to stir him up against the Jews (Ezr 4:8-24) and prevent the rebuilding of the walls and the temple of Jerusalem.
(3.) A Levite (Neh 3:17).
(4.) Neh 10:25.
(5.) A priest (Neh 12:3).
Rehum:
merciful; compassionate
Rehum:
re'-hum (rechum, or rechum):
(1) One of the twelve heads of the Jewish community returning from captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:2; Ne 7:7 (by a copyist's error "Nehum"); Ne 12:3; #/RAPC 1Es 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 (Ezr 4:8,9,17,23).
(3) Son of Bani, a Levite, one of the wall-builders under Nehemiah (Ne 3:17).
(4) One of the signers of the covenant in Ne 10:25.
(5) In Ne 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 Ne 12:15).
Written by Wallace N. Stearns
Rehum:
(merciful).
(1.) One who went up from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2). (B.C. 536)
(2.) "Rehum the chancellor." (Ezra 4:8-9; 4:17; 4:23). He was perhaps a kind of lieutenant‐governor of the province under the king of Persia. (B.C. 535)
(3.) A Levite of the family of Bani, who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:17). (B.C. 445)
(4.) One of the chief of the people, who signed the covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:25). (B.C. 410)
(5.) A priestly family, or the head of a priestly house, who went up with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:3). (B.C. 536)
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