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Monday, September 15th, 2025
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Shimshai
Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Shim'sha-i or Shimsha'i. (sunny). The scribe, or secretary, of Kehum, who was a kind of satrap of the conquered province of Judea, and of the colony of Samaria, supported by the Persian court. Ezra 4:8; Ezra 4:13; Ezra 4:17; Ezra 4:23. He was apparently an Aramaean, for the letter which he wrote to Artaxerxes was in Syriac. Ezra 4:7. (B.C. 529).
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Shimshai'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/s/shimshai.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Shimshai'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/s/shimshai.html. 1901.
