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Shallum
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
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Shal´lum (retribution), the fifteenth king of Israel. In the troubled times which followed the death of Jeroboam II, B.C. 772, his son Zechariah was slain in the presence of the people by Shallum, who by this act extinguished the dynasty of Jehu. Shallum then mounted the throne (B.C. 771), but occupied it only one month, being opposed and slain by Menahem, who mounted the throne thus vacated ().
2. A king of Judah, son of Josiah (), better known by the name of Jehoahaz [JEHOAHAZ, 2].
3. The husband of Huldah the prophetess (). Several other persons of this name occur in;;;;;; .
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Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Shallum'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/kbe/s/shallum.html.
Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Shallum'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/kbe/s/shallum.html.
