Shimshai

Scribe who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem.

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600 BC

500 BC
Shimshai

c. 500 BC

Original word

שִׁמְשַׁי shimshai

H8124

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Where Shimshai appears in Scripture

Ezra 4

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.