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Rehum רְחוּם
Returned leader. Rehum (or Harim or Nehum) was one of the leaders who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel after the Babylonian exile.
Also called Harim, Nehum.
Where Rehum appears
Key verses
- Ezra 2:2 first mention — Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
- Nehemiah 7:7 — Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;
- Nehemiah 10:5 — Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
- Nehemiah 12:3 — Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
- Nehemiah 12:15 — Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.