OLD TESTAMENT

Ezra 4:8

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Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows.

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Verse 8. Beelteem. Syr. “the son of Baltam.” The term designates the office of Reum, “the master of reason,” president of the council, treasurer, and so forth Calmet.—Prot. “chancellor.”—From. Prot. “against.” Bible.—Hebrew “concerning.”

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