Atlas Biblica

    person

    Shimshai

    שִׁמְשַׁי

    Shimshai was a scribe who, along with Rehum the commander, wrote a letter to King Artaxerxes opposing the rebuilding of Jerusalem.

    verses
    4
    first named
    Ezra 4:8
    last named
    Ezra 4:23
    period
    Exile and Return
    role
    Man

    Description

    Who was Shimshai?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Shimshai is mentioned in Ezr.4.8, 9, 17, and 23 as a scribe who, together with Rehum the commander, opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia. Shimshai and Rehum wrote a letter to the king, accusing the Jews of rebuilding the city and its walls, and claiming that this would lead to rebellion against the Persian Empire. In response to their letter, Artaxerxes ordered the work on the city to cease until further notice. Shimshai and Rehum, along with their associates, then went to Jerusalem and forcibly stopped the Jews from rebuilding the city. This opposition temporarily halted the reconstruction efforts until the reign of King Darius, who later allowed the Jews to resume their work on the temple and the city.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Shimshai8 of 8 entities the graph connects to Shimshai, in 2 groups: company 1, events 7. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, Rest Of Associates, Rehum, and Shimshai’s writing of JerusalemTook part in · 3 versesCompanyJerusalem3 events · 888 versesArtaxerxes1 event · 14 versesRehum5 events · 4 versesRest Of Associates5 events · 4 versesBishlam1 event · 1 verseMithredath1 event · 1 verseTabeel1 event · 1 verseEventsShimshai

    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Shimshai happensThe one place the claims about Shimshai reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Jerusalem. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Shimshai there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Jerusalem
    Exile and ReturnThe one place the claims about Shimshai reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 4, across 1 book.

    1. Ezra4 verses

      4:84:94:174:23

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    via Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, Rest Of Associates, Rehum, and Shimshai’s writing of JerusalemArtaxerxesPersian king during Ezra and Nehemiah's timevia Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, Rest Of Associates, Rehum, and Shimshai’s writing of JerusalemBishlamSamaritan official who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalemvia Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, Rest Of Associates, Rehum, and Shimshai’s writing of JerusalemJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsvia Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, Rest Of Associates, Rehum, and Shimshai’s writing of JerusalemMithredathA Persian official who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem.via Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, Rest Of Associates, Rehum, and Shimshai’s writing of JerusalemRehumA Persian official who wrote to King Artaxerxesvia Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, Rest Of Associates, Rehum, and Shimshai’s writing of JerusalemRest Of AssociatesRest Of Associates is a group attested across 4 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, Rest Of Associates, Rehum, and Shimshai’s writing of JerusalemTabeelPersian official involved in accusing the Jews to Artaxerxesvia Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, Rest Of Associates, Rehum, and Shimshai’s writing of JerusalemWritingWriting is a concept gathering 75 labelled instances in the text.

    Where they appear

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