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Bible Dictionaries
Shallum
Smith's Bible Dictionary
or Shal'lum. (retribution).
1. The fifteenth king of Israel, son of Jabesh, who conspired against Zachariah, killed him, and brought the dynasty of Jehu to a close, B.C. 770. Shallum, after reigning in Samaria for a month only, was, in his turn, dethroned and killed by Menahem. 2 Kings 15:10-14.
2. The husband of Huldah, the prophetess, 2 Kings 22:14; 2 Chronicles 34:23, in the reign of Josiah. (B.C. 830).
3. A descendant of Shesham. 1 Chronicles 2:40-41.
4. The third son of Josiah, king of Judah, known in the books of Kings and Chronicles as Jehoahaz. 1 Chronicles 3:15; Jeremiah 22:11. See Jehoahaz. (B.C. 610).
5. Son of Shaul, the son of Simeon. 1 Chronicles 4:25.
6. A high priest. 1 Chronicles 6:12-13; Ezra 7:2.
7. A son of Naphtali. 1 Chronicles 7:13.
8. The chief of a family of porters, or gate-keepers, of the east gate of the Temple. 1 Chronicles 9:17. (B.C. 1050).
9. Son of Kore, a Korahite. 1 Chronicles 9:19; 1 Chronicles 9:31.
10. Father of Jehizkiah, an Ephraimite. 2 Chronicles 28:12.
11. One of the porters of the Temple, who had married a foreign wife. Ezra 10:24.
12. One of the sons of Bani. Ezra 10:42.
13. The son of Halohesh, and ruler of a district of Jerusalem. Nehemiah 3:12.
14. The uncle of Jeremiah, Jeremiah 32:7, perhaps the same as Shallum, 2.
15. Father, or ancestor, of Maaseiah Jeremiah 35:4, perhaps the same as Shallum, 9. (B.C. 630).
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Shallum'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/s/shallum.html. 1901.
