Ezra 4:8

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Ezra 4:8 tn Aram “lord of the command.” So also in vv. 9, 17.
2. Ezra 4:8 sn Like Rehum, Shimshai was apparently a fairly high-ranking official charged with overseeing Persian interests in this part of the empire. His title was “scribe” or “secretary,” but in a more elevated political sense than that word sometimes has elsewhere. American governmental titles such as “Secretary of State” perhaps provide an analogy in that the word “secretary” can have a broad range of meaning.
3. Ezra 4:8 tn Or perhaps “against.”