the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Meshullam
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
or MESHULLAM. 1. 2. 3 . Three Benjamites ( 1 Chronicles 8:17; 1 Chronicles 9:7; 1 Chronicles 9:3 ). 4 . A Gadite ( 1 Chronicles 5:13 ). 5 . The grandfather of Shaphan ( 2 Kings 22:3 ). 6 . The father of Hilkiah ( 1 Chronicles 9:11 ). 7 . Another priest of the same family ( 1 Chronicles 9:12 ). 8 . A Kohathite ( 2 Chronicles 34:12 ). 9 . A son of Zerubbabel ( 1 Chronicles 3:19 ). 10 . One of the ‘chief men’ whose services were enlisted by Ezra to procure Levites ( Ezra 8:16 ); called in 1Es 8:44 Mosollamus. 11 . A Levite who opposed Ezra’s proceedings in connexion with the foreign marriages ( Ezra 10:15 ); called in Esther 9:14 Esther 9:14 Mosollamus. 12 . One of those who had married foreign wives ( Ezra 10:29 ); called in 1E Esther 9:30 Olamus. 13. Son of Berechiah, one of those who helped to repair the walls of Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 3:30 ). His daughter was married to Tobiah ( Nehemiah 6:18 ). 14. Son of Besodeiah. He helped to repair the old gate ( Nehemiah 3:5 ). 15. One of the company that stood at Ezra’s left hand during the reading of the Law ( Nehemiah 8:4 ). 16, 17. A priest and a chief of the people who sealed the covenant ( Nehemiah 10:7; Nehemiah 10:20 ). 18 . One of the princes of Judah who marched in procession at the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 12:33 ). 19, 20, 21. Two heads of priestly houses and a porter in the time of the high priest Joiakim ( Nehemiah 12:13; Nehemiah 12:16; Nehemiah 12:25 [see Meshelemiah]).
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Meshullam'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/m/meshullam.html. 1909.
