Bible Dictionary

Shimshai

The shining one, or sunny, the secretary of Rehum the chancellor, who took part in opposing the rebuilding of the temple after the Captivity (Ezra 4:8, 9, 17-23).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

The shining one, or sunny, the secretary of Rehum the chancellor, who took part in opposing the rebuilding of the temple after the Captivity (Ezra 4:8, 9, 17-23).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

SHIM'SHAI (sunny), the scribe or secretary of Rehum the chancellor. He joined in opposing the rebuilding of the temple under Zerubbabel. Ezr 4:8-9, 2 Sam 21:17, Heb 12:23.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

my son