Shallum

1. Son of Jabesh and Israel’s 16th king (752 BC). In a conspiracy against King Zechariah, Shallum murdered the monarch at Ibleam and declared himself ruler of Israel during the 39th year of King Uzziah’s (Azariah’s) reign in Judah (792–740 BC). However, in like manner, he was killed at the hands of Gadi after ruling for only one month (2 Kgs 15:10–15). See Chronology of the Bible (Old Testament); Israel, History of.

2. Son of Tikvah (alternately spelled Tokhath, see 2 Chr 34:22), who was keeper of the wardrobe and the husband of Huldah the prophetess, living in Jerusalem during the days of King Josiah (640–609 BC; 2 Kgs 22:14).

3. Sismai’s son and the father of Jekamiah from Judah’s tribe (1 Chr 2:40–41).

4. Alternate name for Jehoahaz, the youngest of King Josiah’s four sons and later Judah’s 17th king, in 1 Chronicles 3:15 and Jeremiah 22:11. See Jehoahaz #2.

5. Shaul’s son, Simeon’s grandson, and the father of Mibsam (1 Chr 4:25).

6. Alternate name for Meshullam, Zadok’s son and Ezra’s forefather, in 1 Chronicles 6:12–13 and Ezra 7:2. See Meshullam #7.

7. Alternate name for Shillem, the youngest of Naphtali’s four sons, in 1 Chronicles 7:13. See Shillem, Shillemite.

8. Alternate name for Meshullam, Kore’s son and chief of the gatekeepers (1 Chr 9:17–19, 31; Ezr 2:42; Neh 7:45). See Meshullam #20.

9. Ephraimite and the father of Jehizkiah (2 Chr 28:12).

10. One of the Levitical gatekeepers who was encouraged by Ezra to divorce his foreign wife during the postexilic era (Ezr 10:24).

11. One of the descendants of Binnui who was encouraged by Ezra to divorce his foreign wife (Ezr 10:42).

12. Hallohesh’s son and a ruler of Jerusalem who, along with his daughters, repaired the section of city wall next to the Tower of the Ovens (Neh 3:12).

13. Col-hozeh’s son and ruler of the Mizpah district, who rebuilt the Fountain Gate and the wall of the pool of Shelah of the king’s garden (Neh 3:15).

14. Uncle of Hanamel and Jeremiah, who sold to the latter his field at Anathoth during King Zedekiah’s reign (597–586 BC; Jer 32:7). He is perhaps identifiable with #2 above.

15. Maaseiah’s father. Maaseiah, keeper of the threshold, owned a chamber in the sanctuary during Jehoiakim’s reign (609–598 BC; Jer 35:4, kjv; cf. 52:24).