The scribe of Rehum, the royal prefect of Judaea; he joined in writing in Syriac to Artaxerxes to stop the building of the temple and city (Ezra 4:7-24).
Bibliography Information Fausset, Andrew Robert M.A., D.D., "Definition for 'Shimshai' Fausset's Bible Dictionary". bible-history.com - Fausset's; 1878.