Smith’s Bible Dictionary

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.)

Smith’s Bible Dictionary, William Smith (1863). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.