Reference: Shallum
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1. Son of Jabesh, or a native of Jebesh, who treacherously killed Zechariah King of Israel and usurped his kingdom, B. C. 772. He held it only one month, when Menahem son of Gadi killed him in Samaria. Scripture says that Shallun was the executioner of the threatenings of the Lord against the house of Jehu, 2Ki 15:10-15.
2. See JEHOAHAZ 2.
3. The husband of Huldah the prophetess in the time of Josiah, 2Ki 22:14.
Others of the time are alluded to in Nu 26:49; 1Ch 2:40; 9:17,19,31; 42/type/am'>Ezr 2:42; 7:2; 10:24,42; Ne 3:12; 7:45.
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Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah and struck and killed him before the people and reigned in his stead. The rest of the acts of Zechariah, see, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. read more. This was the fulfillment of the promise to Jehu from the Lord: Your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation. And so it came to pass. Shallum son of Jabesh, in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, began his reign of a full month in Samaria. For Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria, and smote and killed Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria and reigned in his stead. The rest of Shallum's acts, his conspiracy, see, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe -- "now she dwelt in Jerusalem, in the Second Quarter -- "and they talked with her.
The sons of the gatekeepers: of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai, in all 139.
Next to [them] repaired Shallum son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, of Ater, of Talmon, of Akkub, of Hatita, and of Shobai, 138.
Easton
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" (2Ki 15:10). He reigned only "a month of days in Samaria" (2Ki 15:13, marg.). Menahem rose up against Shallum and put him to death (2Ki 15:14-15,17), and became king in his stead.
(2.) Keeper of the temple vestments in the reign of Josiah (2Ki 22:14).
(3.) One of the posterity of Judah (1Ch 2:40-41).
(4.) A descendant of Simeon (1Ch 4:25).
(5.) One of the line of the high priests (1Ch 6:13).
(6.) 1Ch 7:13.
(7.) A keeper of the gate in the reign of David (1Ch 9:17).
(8.) A Levite porter (1Ch 9:19,31; Jer 35:4).
(9.) An Ephraimite chief (2Ch 28:12).
(10.) The uncle of the prophet Jeremiah (Jer 32:7).
(11.) A son of king Josiah (1Ch 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 (2Ki 23:32), but was "a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men" (Eze 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.
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Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah and struck and killed him before the people and reigned in his stead.
Shallum son of Jabesh, in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, began his reign of a full month in Samaria. For Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria, and smote and killed Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria and reigned in his stead. read more. The rest of Shallum's acts, his conspiracy, see, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi began his ten-year reign over Israel in Samaria.
So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe -- "now she dwelt in Jerusalem, in the Second Quarter -- "and they talked with her.
He did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all [the evil] his forefathers had done.
Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai of Shallum. Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah of Elishama.
The descendants of Josiah: firstborn, Johanan; second, Jehoiakim; third, Zedekiah; fourth, Shallum.
The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, whose [grandmother] was Bilhah.
The gatekeepers were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their kinsmen, Shallum being the chief
Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his father's house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the Tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance.
Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was responsible for the things baked in pans.
Then certain of the heads of the Ephraimites [Israel] -- "Azariah son of Johanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai -- "stood up against those returning from the war
For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum son of Josiah king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father and who went forth out of this place: [Shallum] shall not return here any more;
Behold, Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle shall come to you and say, Buy my field that is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.
And I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah the man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the keeper of the door.
And she [the royal mother-city] brought up one of her cubs [Jehoahaz]; he became a young lion and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
Fausets
("retribution".)
1. Son of Jabesh; 15th king of Israel. Smote Zachariah, son of Jeroboam II, openly before the people (showing that their sympathies were with him), and seized the kingdom (2Ki 15:9-10), thereby fulfilling the prophecy that Jehu's dynasty should last only to the fourth generation (2Ki 10:30). Slain after a month's reign by Menahem, illustrating the retributive law (Mt 26:52; Re 13:10).
2. The prophetess Huldah's husband (2Ki 22:14); keeper of the priestly vestments (2Ch 34:22).
3. 1Ch 2:40-41
4. King Josiah's fourth son in order, according to 1Ch 3:15; Jer 22:11; by birth third son (See JEHOAHAZ.)
5. 1Ch 4:25.
6. Ezr 7:2; 1Ch 6:12-13.
7. 1Ch 7:13; SHILLEM in Ge 46:24; Nu 25:18.
9. Son of Kore (1Ch 9:19,31). From 1Ch 9:18 it seems Shallum, etc., were of higher rank than Shallum, Akkub, etc., who were "for the companies of the sons of Levi."
10. 2Ch 28:12.
11. Ezr 10:24.
12. Ezr 10:42.
13. Rebuilt the wall with his daughters (Ne 3:12).
14. Jeremiah's uncle (Jer 32:7); perhaps the same as Shallum, Huldah's husband.
15. Jer 35:4.
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For they harass you with their wiles with which they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.
And the Lord said to Jehu, Because you have executed well what is right in My eyes and have done to the house of Ahab as I willed, your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on Israel's throne.
He did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his fathers had done; he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah and struck and killed him before the people and reigned in his stead.
So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe -- "now she dwelt in Jerusalem, in the Second Quarter -- "and they talked with her.
Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai of Shallum. Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah of Elishama.
The descendants of Josiah: firstborn, Johanan; second, Jehoiakim; third, Zedekiah; fourth, Shallum.
Who hitherto was assigned to the king's east side gate. They were the gatekeepers of the camp of the Levites. Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his father's house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the Tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance.
Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was responsible for the things baked in pans.
Then certain of the heads of the Ephraimites [Israel] -- "Azariah son of Johanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai -- "stood up against those returning from the war
And Hilkiah and they whom the king had appointed went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe. She dwelt in Jerusalem, in the Second Quarter. They spoke to her to that effect.
The sons of the gatekeepers: of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai, in all 139.
Next to [them] repaired Shallum son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum son of Josiah king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father and who went forth out of this place: [Shallum] shall not return here any more;
Behold, Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle shall come to you and say, Buy my field that is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.
And I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah the man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the keeper of the door.
Then Jesus said to him, Put your sword back into its place, for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.
Whoever leads into captivity will himself go into captivity; if anyone slays with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Herein is [the call for] the patience and the faith and fidelity of the saints (God's people).
Hastings
SHALLUM, an inhabitant of Jabesh, was nominally king of Israel for one month in the period of anarchy which preceded the extinction of the nation. As he assassinated his predecessor Zechariah, so in turn he was 'removed' by his successor Menahem (2Ki 15:10 ff.).
H. P. Smith.
SHALLUM.
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Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah and struck and killed him before the people and reigned in his stead.
So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe -- "now she dwelt in Jerusalem, in the Second Quarter -- "and they talked with her.
Ahitub of Zadok, and Zadok of Shallum, Shallum of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah of Azariah,
The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, whose [grandmother] was Bilhah.
The gatekeepers were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their kinsmen, Shallum being the chief
Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his father's house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the Tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance.
Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was responsible for the things baked in pans.
Then certain of the heads of the Ephraimites [Israel] -- "Azariah son of Johanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai -- "stood up against those returning from the war
The sons of the gatekeepers: of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai, in all 139.
Next to [them] repaired Shallum son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, of Ater, of Talmon, of Akkub, of Hatita, and of Shobai, 138.
Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers guarding at the storehouses of the gates.
Behold, Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle shall come to you and say, Buy my field that is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.
And I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah the man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the keeper of the door.
Morish
Shal'lum
1. Son of Jabesh: he slew Zachariah king of Israel, and reigned in his stead; but after one month he was killed by Menahem, who succeeded him on the throne. 2Ki 15:10-15.
2. Husband of Huldah the prophetess. 2Ki 22:14; 2Ch 34:22.
3. Son of Sisamai, a descendant of Judah. 1Ch 2:40-41.
4. Son of Josiah king of Judah: he succeeded his father, but after a reign of three months he was deposed by Pharaoh-necho, and taken to Egypt, where he died. 1Ch 3:15; Jer 22:11-12. He is called JEHOAHAZ in 2Ki 23:30-34; 2Ch 36:1-4. The margin of 1Ch 3:15 identifies Johanan with Jehoahaz, but Jer 22:11-12 shows it was Shallum who reigned under the name of Jehoahaz. He was evidently not the youngest son, though last on the list.
5. Son of Shaul, a son of Simeon. 1Ch 4:25.
6. Son of Zadok the priest. 1Ch 6:12-13; Ezr 7:2. Probably the same as MESHULLAM in Ne 11:11.
7. Son of Naphtali. 1Ch 7:13. Called SHILLEM in Ge 46:24; Nu 26:49.
8. A Levite gate-keeper of the tabernacle whose descendants returned from exile. 1Ch 9:17; Ezr 2:42; Ne 7:45.
9. Son of Kore: a keeper of the gates of the tabernacle. 1Ch 9:19,31.
10. Father of Jehizkiah, one of the 'heads' of Ephraim. 2Ch 28:12.
11, 12. Two who had married strange wives. Ezr 10:24,42.
13. Son of Halohesh: he repaired the wall of Jerusalem, apparently assisted by his daughters. Ne 3:12.
14. Father of Hanameel and uncle of Jeremiah. Jer 32:7.
15. Father of Maaseiah. Jer 35:4.
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Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah and struck and killed him before the people and reigned in his stead. The rest of the acts of Zechariah, see, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. read more. This was the fulfillment of the promise to Jehu from the Lord: Your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation. And so it came to pass. Shallum son of Jabesh, in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, began his reign of a full month in Samaria. For Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria, and smote and killed Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria and reigned in his stead. The rest of Shallum's acts, his conspiracy, see, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe -- "now she dwelt in Jerusalem, in the Second Quarter -- "and they talked with her.
Josiah's servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land anointed Jehoahaz son of Josiah king in his stead. Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began his three-month reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. read more. He did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all [the evil] his forefathers had done. And Pharaoh Necho put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and laid a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold upon the land. Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of Josiah and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away to Egypt, where he died.
Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai of Shallum. Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah of Elishama.
The descendants of Josiah: firstborn, Johanan; second, Jehoiakim; third, Zedekiah; fourth, Shallum.
The descendants of Josiah: firstborn, Johanan; second, Jehoiakim; third, Zedekiah; fourth, Shallum.
Ahitub of Zadok, and Zadok of Shallum, Shallum of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah of Azariah,
The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, whose [grandmother] was Bilhah.
The gatekeepers were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their kinsmen, Shallum being the chief
Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his father's house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the Tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance.
Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was responsible for the things baked in pans.
Then certain of the heads of the Ephraimites [Israel] -- "Azariah son of Johanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai -- "stood up against those returning from the war
Then certain of the heads of the Ephraimites [Israel] -- "Azariah son of Johanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai -- "stood up against those returning from the war
The sons of the gatekeepers: of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai, in all 139.
Next to [them] repaired Shallum son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, of Ater, of Talmon, of Akkub, of Hatita, and of Shobai, 138.
Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, ruler of the house of God,
For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum son of Josiah king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father and who went forth out of this place: [Shallum] shall not return here any more;
For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum son of Josiah king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father and who went forth out of this place: [Shallum] shall not return here any more; But he shall die in the place where they have led him captive, and he shall see this land no more.
But he shall die in the place where they have led him captive, and he shall see this land no more.
Behold, Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle shall come to you and say, Buy my field that is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.
And I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah the man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the keeper of the door.
Smith
Shal'lum
(retribution).
1. 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. The husband of Huldah the prophetess,
in the reign of Josiah. (B.C. 830.)
3. A descendant of Shesham.
4. The third son of Josiah king of Judah, known in the books of Kings and Chronicles as Jehoahaz.
[JEHOAHAZ] (B.C. 610.)
See Jehoahaz
5. Son of Shaul the son of Simeon.
6. A high priest.
7. A son of Naphtali.
8. The chief of a family of porters or gate-keepers of the east gate of the temple.
(B.C. 1050.)
9. Son of Kore, a Korahite.
1Ch 9:19,31
10. Father of Jehizkiah, an Ephraimite.
11. One of the porters of the temple who had married a foreign wife.
12. One of the sons of Bani.
13. The son of Halohesh and ruler of a district of Jerusalem.
14. The uncle of Jeremiah,
perhaps the same as 2.
15. Father or ancestor of Maaseiah
perhaps the same as 9. (B.C. 630.)
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Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah and struck and killed him before the people and reigned in his stead. The rest of the acts of Zechariah, see, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. read more. This was the fulfillment of the promise to Jehu from the Lord: Your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation. And so it came to pass. Shallum son of Jabesh, in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, began his reign of a full month in Samaria. For Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria, and smote and killed Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria and reigned in his stead.
So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe -- "now she dwelt in Jerusalem, in the Second Quarter -- "and they talked with her.
Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai of Shallum. Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah of Elishama.
The descendants of Josiah: firstborn, Johanan; second, Jehoiakim; third, Zedekiah; fourth, Shallum.
Ahitub of Zadok, and Zadok of Shallum, Shallum of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah of Azariah,
The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, whose [grandmother] was Bilhah.
The gatekeepers were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their kinsmen, Shallum being the chief
Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his father's house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the Tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance.
Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was responsible for the things baked in pans.
Then certain of the heads of the Ephraimites [Israel] -- "Azariah son of Johanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai -- "stood up against those returning from the war
Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers [said Ezra], Who put such a thing as this into the king's heart, to beautify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem,
Next to [them] repaired Shallum son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum son of Josiah king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father and who went forth out of this place: [Shallum] shall not return here any more;
Behold, Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle shall come to you and say, Buy my field that is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.
And I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah the man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the keeper of the door.