Ezra 4:9
Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
Cross-reference
Ezra 4:7 names the initial writers of the letter; here the same opposition group is expanded with a detailed list of officials.
Ezra 4:8 introduces Rehum and Shimshai; verse 9 continues with their titles and associates, forming a single account.
Ezra 4:17 directly addresses the same group listed in verse 9, providing the king's response.
Ezra 4:23 shows the result: the officials listed in verse 9 acted to halt the rebuilding.
Ezra 6:6 addresses the same opponents listed here with a royal decree to cease opposition — a direct narrative continuation.
Ezra 5:6 introduces a later letter to Darius with a similar list of officials. Both are official correspondence regarding rebuilding.
Ezra 6:13 parallels obedient officials under Darius, contrasting with the opposition of those in verse 9.
2 Kings 17:24 lists peoples brought to Samaria by Assyria. Ezra 4:9 includes some of these same groups among those opposing Jerusalem.