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Shallum

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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1. Son of Jabesh, or a native of Jebesh, who treacherously killed Zechariah King of Israel and usurped his kingdom, B. C. 772. He held it only one month, when Menahem son of Gadi killed him in Samaria. Scripture says that Shallun was the executioner of the threatenings of the Lord against the house of Jehu, 2 Kings 15:10-15 .

2. See JEHOAHAZ 2.

3. The husband of Huldah the prophetess in the time of Josiah, 2 Kings 22:14 .

Others of the time are alluded to in Numbers 26:49 1 Chronicles 2:40 9:17,19,31 Ezra 2:42 7:2 10:24,42 Nehemiah 3:12 7:45 .

Bibliography Information
Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Shallum'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ats/​s/shallum.html. 1859.
 
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