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Shimshai

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The shining one, or sunny, the secretary of Rehum the chancellor, who took part in opposing the rebuilding of the temple after the Captivity (Ezra 4:8, 9, 17-23).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 4 verses

Ezra: 4:8, 4:9, 4:17, 4:23

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.