Topic: Persons Of The Bible - Meshullam

The name "Meshullam" means either "paid for" or "friend" or "befriended" in Hebrew. Many persons with the name "Meshullam" appear in the Bible. Persons with the name "Meshullam" appear as follows:

• A Gadite in Bashan in the reign of Jotham king of Judah . (1 Chronicles 5:13)
• Grandfather of Shaphan, "the scribe," in the reign of Josiah (2 Kings 22:3).
• A priest, father of Hilkiah (1 Chr. 9:11; Neh. 11:11), in the reign of Ammon; called Shallum in 1 Chr. 6:12.
• A Levite of the family of Kohath (2 Chr. 34:12), in the reign of Josiah.
• The son of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:19)
• A chief priest (Neh. 12:16).
• A Benjamite, of the sons of Elpaal. (1 Chronicles 8:17)
• A Benjamite who lived at Jerusalem after the captivity. (1 Chronicles 9:8)
• A Kohathite or a family of Kohathite Levites, in the reign of Josiah. (2 Chronicles 34:12)
• One of the "heads" sent by Ezra to Iddo, "the head," to gather together the Levites to join the caravan about to return to Jerusalem . (Ezra 8:16)
• A chief man who assisted Ezra in abolishing the marriages which some of the people had contracted with foreign wives. (Ezra 10:15)
• One of the descendants of Bani, who had married a foreign wife and put her away. (Ezra 10:29)
• The son of Berechiah, who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem . (Nehemiah 3:4)
• A Benjamite, father of Sallu. (1 Chronicles 9:7; Nehemiah 11:7)
• The same as Shallum, who was high priest probably in the reign of Amon, and father of Hilkiah. (1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11)
• The son of Besodeiah: he assisted Jehoiada the son of Paseah in restoring the old gate of Jerusalem . (Nehemiah 3:6)
• A priest, son of Meshillemith or Meshillemoth the son of Immer, and ancestor of Maasiai or Amashai. (1 Chronicles 9:12) comp. Nehe 11:13
• (11.) One of the principal Israelites who supported Ezra when expounding the law to the people (Neh. 8:4).
• A priest or family of priests who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:7)
• One of the heads of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:20)
• A priest in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, and representative of the house of Ezra. (Nehemiah 12:13)
• Also a priest at the same time as the preceding, and head of the priestly family of Ginnethon. (Nehemiah 12:16)
• A family of porters, descendants of Meshullam, (Nehemiah 12:25) who is also called Meshelemiah, (1 Chronicles 26:1) Shelemiah, (1 Chronicles 26:14) and Shallum. (Nehemiah 7:45)
• One of the princes of Judah at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem . (Nehemiah 12:33)

Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries

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