Category:Rehum

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Rehum - Merciful. (1.) One of "the children of the province" who returned from the Captivity (Ezra 2:2); the same as "Nehum" (Nehemiah 7:7). (2.) The "chancellor" of Artaxerxes, who sought to stir him up against the Jews (Ezra 4:8-24) and prevent the rebuilding of the walls and the temple of Jerusalem. (3.) A Levite (Nehemiah 3:17). (4.) Nehemiah 10:25. (5.) A priest (Nehemiah 12:3).