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Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

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MESHULLAM

1. Forefather of Shaphan, the royal secretary to King Josiah of Judah (2 Kgs 22:3).

2. Zerubbabel’s son and a descendant of David (1 Chr 3:19).

3. Gadite leader registered during the reigns of Jotham, king of Judah (950–932 BC), and Jeroboam II, king of Israel (993–953 BC; 1 Chr 5:13).

4. Benjamite and a descendant of Elpaal (1 Chr 8:17).

5. Benjamite and the father of Sallu, a resident in Jerusalem during the postexilic period (1 Chr 9:7; Neh 11:7).

6. Benjamite and the son of Shephatiah, who resided in Jerusalem during the postexilic period (1 Chr 9:8).

7. Priest, the son of Zadok and the father of Hilkiah, whose descendants served in Jerusalem’s sanctuary during the postexilic era (1 Chr 9:11; Neh 11:11). He is probably identical with Shallum in 1 Chronicles 6:12-13.

8. Priest, the son of Meshillemith and a forefather of Adaiah. Adaiah served in Jerusalem’s sanctuary during the postexilic era (1 Chr 9:12).

9. Kohathite Levite who was appointed to oversee the repair of the temple during King Josiah’s reign (2 Chr 34:12).

10. One of the Jewish leaders whom Ezra sent to Iddo at Casiphia to gather Levites and temple servants for the caravan of Jews returning to Palestine from Babylonia (Ezr 8:16).

11. One who opposed Ezra’s suggestion that the sons of Israel should divorce the foreign women they had married since returning to Palestine from exile (Ezr 10:15).

12. Bani’s son, who was encouraged by Ezra to divorce his foreign wife during the postexilic era (Ezr 10:29).

13. Berekiah’s son, who rebuilt a section of the Jerusalem wall during the days of Nehemiah (Neh 3:4, 30). His daughter married Jehohanan, the son of Tobiah the Ammonite (6:18).

14. Besodeiah’s son, who with Joiada repaired the Old Gate in the Jerusalem wall (Neh 3:6).

15. One of the men who stood to Ezra’s left when Ezra read the law to the people (Neh 8:4).

16. One of the priests who set his seal on the covenant of Ezra (Neh 10:7).

17. One of the leaders of Israel who set his seal on the covenant of Ezra (Neh 10:20).

18. Head of Ezra’s priestly family during the days of Joiakim, the high priest, in postexilic Jerusalem (Neh 12:13).

19. Head of Ginnethon’s priestly family during the days of Joiakim (Neh 12:16).

20. One of the gatekeepers during the days of the high priest Joiakim (Neh 12:25); perhaps identifiable with Shallum in 1 Chronicles 9:17.

21. One of the princes of Judah who participated in the dedication of the Jerusalem wall during the postexilic era (Neh 12:33).