Ezra 4:8
Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
Rehum the Chancellour, and Shimshai the ‖Scribe, wrote a letter against Ierusalem, to Artaxerxes the king, in this sort:
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, Secretarie.
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9Then 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,
9Then, wrote Rehum the Chancellour, and Shimshai the Scribe, and the rest of their †companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathkites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archeuites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehauites, and the Elamites,
- 2 Kings 18:18Rank 2 from verse 8
18And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
18And when they had called to the king there came out to them Eliakim the sonne of Helkiah, which was ouer the houshold, and Shebna the ‖Scribe, and Ioah the sonne of Asaph the Recorder.
- 2 Samuel 20:25Rank 3 from verse 8
- 2 Samuel 8:17Rank 4 from verse 8
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Ezra 4:8
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chancellor
A high civil officer or official secretary.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
A writer or clerk; among the Jews, one learned in and teaching the law.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616
Set down, recorded, composed, or communicated in writing; the past tense of write.
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Sense 1: A written message or epistle. Sense 2: A character of writing.
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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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A kind, class, manner, condition, or degree.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
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4:8Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
4:8Rehum the Chancellour, and Shimshai the ‖Scribe, wrote a letter against Ierusalem, to Artaxerxes the king, in this sort:
Selected passage4:9Then 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,
4:9Then, wrote Rehum the Chancellour, and Shimshai the Scribe, and the rest of their †companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathkites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archeuites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehauites, and the Elamites,
4:10And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.
4:10And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought ouer, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the Riuer, †and at such a time.