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Shallum

(retribution). The fifteenth king of Israel, son of Jabesh, 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 ) The husband of Huldah the prophetess, ( 2 Kings 22:14 ; 2 Chronicles 34:23 ) in the reign of Josiah. (B.C. 830.) A descendant of Shesham. ( 1 Chronicles 2:40 , 41 ) 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 ) [ Jehoahaz ] (B.C. 610.) Son of Shaul the son of Simeon. ( 1 Chronicles 4:25 ) A high priest. ( 1 Chronicles 6:12 , 13 ; Ezra 7:2 ) A son of Naphtali. ( 1 Chronicles 7:13 ) The chief of a family of porters or gate-keepers of the east gate of the temple. ( 1 Chronicles 9:17 ) (B.C. 1050.) Son of Kore, a Korahite. ( 1 Chronicles 9:19 , 31 ) Father of Jehizkiah, an Ephraimite. ( 2 Chronicles 28:12 ) One of the porters of the temple who had married a foreign wife. ( Ezra 10:24 ) One of the sons of Bani. ( Ezra 10:42 ) The son of Halohesh and ruler of a district of Jerusalem. ( Nehemiah 3:12 ) The uncle of Jeremiah, ( Jeremiah 32:7 ) perhaps the same as 2. Father or ancestor of Maaseiah ( Jeremiah 35:4 ) perhaps the same as 9. (B.C. 630.)

Shelemiah

(repaid by Jehovah). One of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra. ( Ezra 10:30 ) (B.C. 458.) The father of Hananiah. ( Nehemiah 3:30 ) A priest in the time of Nehemiah. ( Nehemiah 13:13 ) The father of Jehueal, or Jucal, in the time of Zedekiah. ( Jeremiah 37:3 ) The father of Irijah, the captain of the ward who arrested Jeremiah. ( Jeremiah 37:13 ) (B.C. before 589.) The same as Meshelemiah and Shallum, 8. ( 1 Chronicles 26:14 ) Another of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra. ( Ezra 10:41 ) Ancestor of Jehudi in the time of Jehoiakim. ( Jeremiah 36:14 ) Son of Abdeel; one of those who received the orders of Jehoiakim to take Baruch and Jeremiah. ( Jeremiah 36:26 ) (B.C. 604.)

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