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shallum

shallum


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Shallum 
  retribution.  (1.)  The  son  of  Jabesh,  otherwise  unknown.  He 
  "conspired  against  Zachariah,  and  smote  him  before  the  people, 
  and  slew  him  and  reigned  in  his  stead"  (2  Kings  15:10).  He 
  reigned  only  "a  month  of  days  in  Samaria"  (15:13,  marg.). 
  Menahem  rose  up  against  Shallum  and  put  him  to  death  (2  Kings 
  15:14,  15,  17),  and  became  king  in  his  stead. 
 
  (2.)  Keeper  of  the  temple  vestments  in  the  reign  of  Josiah  (2 
  Kings  22:14). 
 
  (3.)  One  of  the  posterity  of  Judah  (1  Chr.  2:40,  41). 
 
  (4.)  A  descendant  of  Simeon  (1  Chr.  4:25). 
 
  (5.)  One  of  the  line  of  the  high  priests  (1  Chr.  6:13). 
 
  (6.)  1  Chr.  7:13. 
 
  (7.)  A  keeper  of  the  gate  in  the  reign  of  David  (1  Chr.  9:17). 
 
  (8.)  A  Levite  porter  (1  Chr.  9:19,  31;  Jer.  35:4). 
 
  (9.)  An  Ephraimite  chief  (2  Chr.  28:12). 
 
  (10.)  The  uncle  of  the  prophet  Jeremiah  (Jer.  32:7). 
 
  (11.)  A  son  of  king  Josiah  (1  Chr.  3:15;  Jer.  22:11),  who  was 
  elected  to  succeed  his  father  on  the  throne,  although  he  was  two 
  years  younger  than  his  brother  Eliakim.  He  assumed  the  crown 
  under  the  name  of  Jehoahaz  (q.v.).  He  did  not  imitate  the 
  example  of  his  father  (2  Kings  23:32),  but  was  "a  young  lion, 
  and  it  learned  to  catch  the  prey;  it  devoured  men"  (Ezek.  19:3). 
  His  policy  was  anti-Egyptian  therefore.  Necho,  at  that  time  at 
  Riblah,  sent  an  army  against  Jerusalem,  which  at  once  yielded, 
  and  Jehoahaz  was  carried  captive  to  the  Egyptian  camp,  Eliakim 
  being  appointed  king  in  his  stead.  He  remained  a  captive  in 
  Egypt  till  his  death,  and  was  the  first  king  of  Judah  that  died 
  in  exile. 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Shallum,  perfect;  agreeable