Rehum
One of the leaders who returned with Zerubbabel
A written article for Rehum is still to come. Below and alongside: where Rehum appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.
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500 BC400 BC
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Rehumc. 450 BC
Original word
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רְחוּם rehumH7348
Citations
“Rehum.” Theographic Bible Metadata (Viz.Bible). theographic-bible-metadata. Theographic Bible Metadata · CC BY-SA 4.0 Accessed 2026-08-29.
Where Rehum appears in Scripture
אֲשֶׁר-בָּאוּ עִם-זְרֻבָּבֶל יֵשׁוּעַ נְחֶמְיָה שְׂרָיָה רְֽעֵלָיָה מָרְדֳּכַי בִּלְשָׁן מִסְפָּר בִּגְוַי רְחוּם בַּֽעֲנָה מִסְפַּר אַנְשֵׁי עַם יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
רְחוּם בְּעֵל-טְעֵם וְשִׁמְשַׁי סָֽפְרָא כְּתַבוּ אִגְּרָה חֲדָה עַל-יְרֽוּשְׁלֶם לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא מַלְכָּא כְּנֵֽמָא׃
Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
אֱדַיִן רְחוּם בְּעֵל-טְעֵם וְשִׁמְשַׁי סָֽפְרָא וּשְׁאָר כְּנָוָֽתְהוֹן דִּֽינָיֵא וַֽאֲפַרְסַתְכָיֵא טַרְפְּלָיֵא אֲפָֽרְסָיֵא (ארכוי) אַרְכְּוָיֵא בָֽבְלָיֵא שֽׁוּשַׁנְכָיֵא (דהוא) דֶּהָיֵא עֵֽלְמָיֵֽא׃
Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
פִּתְגָמָא שְׁלַח מַלְכָּא עַל-רְחוּם בְּעֵל-טְעֵם וְשִׁמְשַׁי סָֽפְרָא וּשְׁאָר כְּנָוָתְהוֹן דִּי יָֽתְבִין בְּשָֽׁמְרָיִן וּשְׁאָר עֲבַֽר-נַהֲרָה שְׁלָם וּכְעֶֽת׃
Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
אֱדַיִן מִן-דִּי פַּרְשֶׁגֶן נִשְׁתְּוָנָא דִּי (ארתחששתא) אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּ מַלְכָּא קֱרִי קֳדָם-רְחוּם וְשִׁמְשַׁי סָֽפְרָא וּכְנָוָֽתְהוֹן אֲזַלוּ בִבְהִילוּ לִירֽוּשְׁלֶם עַל-יְהוּדָיֵא וּבַטִּלוּ הִמּוֹ בְּאֶדְרָע וְחָֽיִל׃
Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
אַֽחֲרָיו הֶֽחֱזִיקוּ הַלְוִיִּם רְחוּם בֶּן-בָּנִי עַל-יָדוֹ הֶֽחֱזִיק חֲשַׁבְיָה שַׂר-חֲצִי-פֶלֶךְ קְעִילָה לְפִלְכּֽוֹ׃
After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.