Ezra iv. 9. & seq.BEEL-TEEM, or Rehum Beel-teem. Rehum was his name, Beel-teem was that of his dignity, which some believe to have been that of Counsellor, or Secretary, or Chief-Treasurer. He was at the head of those Officers of the King of Persia, who commanded in Samaria and Palestine. He wrote to Artaxerxes, otherwise called Smerdis or Oropastes the Successor of Cambyses, to oppose the rebuilding of the Temple of Jerusalem. His Letter had the effect he desired; for Artaxerxes hereupon sent orders to discontinue the works.
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