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Beeltethmus

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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BEELTETHMUS . An officer of Artaxerxes residing in Pal., Esther 2:16 Esther 2:16; 1Es 2:25 (LXX [Note: Septuagint.] 1E Esther 2:15; 1E Esther 2:21 ). It is not a proper name, but a title of Rehum, the name immediately preceding it in Ezra 4:8 . It is a corruption of be‘çl te‘çm = ‘lord of judgment,’ and is rendered ‘ chancellor ’ by AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] in Ezr., ‘story-writer’ in Esther 2:17 Esther 2:17 .

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Beeltethmus'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​b/beeltethmus.html. 1909.
 
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