RATHUMUS.See Rehum, 2.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
ra-thū?mus (Ῥάθυμος, Rháthumos): One of those who joined in writing a letter to protest to Artaxerxes against the Jews (1 Esdras 2:16 ff). In 1 Esdras 2:17 he is styled ?story-writer,? the Revised Version margin ?recorder? (ὁ τὰ προσπίπτοντα sc. γράφων, ho tá prospı́ptonta (gráphōn) = ?Rehum the chancellor? of Ezr_4:8, Rathumus being a Greek form of Rehum. In 1 Esdras 2:16 his title appears as an independent proper name, BEELTETHMUS (which see) (here the King James Version margin gives ?Bahumus,? a misprint), and in 1 Esdras 2:25 R. and Beeltethmus are given as distinct persons.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Rathumus
( ῾Ράθυμος v. r. Ράθυος; Vulg. Rathimus), the story-writer (1Es_2:16-17; 1Es_2:25; 1Es_2:30), the same as Rehum the chancellor (Ezr_4:8-9; Ezr_4:17; Ezr_4:23).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.