This document is about Rehum (Persian_Official). For other homonyms, please refer to the Rehum document.
An official of the Persian Empire, he was one of those who submitted a petition to prevent and oppose the reconstruction of the Jerusalem Temple under the leadership of Zerubbabel.
Ezra 4:7In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of their associates wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia. The letter was written in Aramaic script and in the Aramaic language.Ezra 4:8Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:Ezra 4:9Rehum the commanding officer, Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their associates—the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites and the Elamites,Ezra 4:10and the rest of the peoples whom the great and noble Osnappar had deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and the rest of the region beyond the Euphrates River.
Ultimately, due to their obstruction, the temple reconstruction work was halted until the time of King Darius.