Shallum ("retribution") was the name of several people of the Old Testament.

King of Israel.

Alternative name of Jehoahaz

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King of Judah

Keeper of the temple-wardrobe in the reign of Josiah (2 Kings 22:14) and husband of Huldah the prophetess.

One of the posterity of Judah

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(1 Chronicles 2:40, 41).

A descendant of Simeon

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(1 Chr. 4:25).

A descendant of Levi

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One of the line of the high priests (1 Chr. 6:13).

Israelite religious titles
Preceded by
Zadok
(According to 1 Chronicles 6:12)
Odeas
(According to Josephus)[1]
Hoshaiah
(According to the Seder 'Olam Zutta)
High Priest of Israel Succeeded by

One of the sons of Naphtali

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(1 Chr. 7:13).

A gatekeeper who lived in Jerusalem

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(1 Chr. 9:17)

A Levite porter

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(1 Chr. 9:19, 31; Jeremiah 35:4).

The uncle of the prophet Jeremiah

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(Jer. 32:7).

Ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, repaired a section of the wall of Jerusalem with the help of his daughters (Nehemiah 3:12).

Ancestor of Ezra

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(Ezra 7:2). Also transliterated as Salemas (2 Esdras 1:1), Salem (1 Esdras 8:1) and (in the King James Bible) Sadamias.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Antiquities of the Jews 10:151–153 (10.8.6, in the order: book, chapter and verse.)
  2. ^ "Salemas". International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 27 September 2018.