REHUM
“who has compassion.”
(a) Persian governor of Samaria; He and other Persians wrote to King Artaxerxes to complain about the Jews’ rebuilding of the Temple (Ezra 4:8, 9).
(b) One of the leading Jews who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2); he is called Nahum in Neh. 7:7, probably due to a copying error.
(c) One of the chief priests; He accompanied Zerubbabel when he left Babylon (Neh. 12:1-7).
(d) One of those who signed the Nehemiah covenant (Neh. 10:25).
(e) Levite, son of Bani; He repaired a part of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:17).