[a]Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes in this fashion:

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  1. Ezra 4:8 The original language of Ezra 4:8 through 6:18 is Aramaic.

[a]From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions—representatives of (A)the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the people of Persia and Erech and Babylon and [b]Shushan, the Dehavites, the Elamites,

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  1. Ezra 4:9 Lit. Then
  2. Ezra 4:9 Or Susa

18 And when they had called to the king, (A)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the [a]scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to them.

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  1. 2 Kings 18:18 secretary

25 Sheva was scribe; (A)Zadok and Abiathar were the priests;

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17 (A)Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; [a]Seraiah was the [b]scribe;

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  1. 2 Samuel 8:17 Shavsha, 1 Chr. 18:16
  2. 2 Samuel 8:17 secretary

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