International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Rehum

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Rehum


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rē´hum (רחוּם, reḥūm, or רחם, reḥum):

(1) One of the twelve heads of the Jewish community returning from captivity with Zerubbabel (; (by a copyist's error “Nehum”); ; 1 Esdras 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 (, , , ).

(3) Son of Bani, a Levite, one of the wall-builders under Nehemiah ().

(4) One of the signers of the covenant in .

(5) In (omitted in the Septuagint) one Rehum is mentioned with those who went up with Zerubbabel. It is probable that we should read here “Harim” (חרם, ḥārı̄m for רחוּם, reḥūm of ).