Shallum

Shallum ("retribution") was the name of several people of the Old Testament.

Shallum of Israel

King of Israel.

Alternative name of Jehoahaz

King of Judah

Son of Tikvah

Keeper of the temple-wardrobe in the reign of Josiah (2 Kings 22:14) and husband of Huldah the prophetess.

One of the posterity of Judah

(1 Chronicles 2:40, 41).

A descendant of Simeon

(1 Chr. 4:25).

A descendant of Levi

One of the line of the high priests (1 Chr. 6:13).

One of the sons of Naphtali

(1 Chr. 7:13).

A gatekeeper who lived in Jerusalem

(1 Chr. 9:17)

A Levite porter

(1 Chr. 9:19, 31; Jeremiah 35:4).

The uncle of the prophet Jeremiah

(Jer. 32:7).

Son of Hallohesh

Ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, repaired a section of the wall of Jerusalem with the help of his daughters (Nehemiah 3:12).

Ancestor of Ezra

(Ezra 7:2). Also transliterated as Salemas (2 Esdras 1:1), Salem (1 Esdras 8:1) and (in the King James Bible) Sadamias.[2]

References
  1. Antiquities of the Jews 10:151–153 (10.8.6, in the order: book, chapter and verse.)
  2. "Salemas". International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
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