shalum · Shallum

What it means

shalum (שַׁלּוּם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Shallum”.

A name meaning "recompense," borne by many men: the king of Israel who reigned one month (2 Kings 15:10-15), the husband of the prophetess Huldah (2 Kings 22:14), a son of King Josiah (Jeremiah 22:11) and others.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 2 Kings×5
• 1 Chronicles×11
• 2 Chronicles×2
• Ezra×4
• Nehemiah×2
• Jeremiah×3

• 2 Kings 15:10

  Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him before the people and put him to death and reigned in his place.

• 2 Kings 15:13

  Shallum son of Jabesh became king in year thirty-nine of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned a full month in Samaria.

• 2 Kings 15:14

  Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria and struck Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria and put him to death and reigned in his place.

• 2 Kings 15:15

  The rest of the acts of Shallum and his conspiracy that he conspired, there they are, written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

• 2 Kings 22:14

  Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah son of Harhas, keeper of the garments —she was living in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter— and they spoke with her.

• 1 Chronicles 2:40

  And Eleasah fathered Sismai, and Sismai fathered Shallum.

• 1 Chronicles 2:41

  And Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered Elishama.

• 1 Chronicles 3:15

  And the sons of Josiah: the firstborn, Johanan; the second, Jehoiakim; the third, Zedekiah; the fourth, Shallum.

• 1 Chronicles 4:25

  Shallum, his son; Mibsam, his son; Mishma, his son.

• 1 Chronicles 6:12

  and Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Shallum;

• 1 Chronicles 6:13

  and Shallum fathered Hilkiah, and Hilkiah fathered Azariah;

• 1 Chronicles 7:13

  The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

• 1 Chronicles 9:17

  And the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, and Ahiman; and their brother Shallum was the head,

• 1 Chronicles 9:19

  And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent; and their fathers had been over the camp of YHWH, keepers of the entrance.

• 1 Chronicles 9:31

  And Mattithiah, of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the making of what was baked on the griddle.

• 2 Chronicles 28:12

  Some men of the heads of the sons of Ephraim, Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, and Hezekiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai, rose up against those coming from the army,

• 2 Chronicles 34:22

  So Hilkiah and those of the king went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath son of Hasrah, keeper of the garments; and she was living in Jerusalem in the second quarter; and they spoke to her to this effect.

• Ezra 2:42

  The sons of the gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, and the sons of Shobai; all of them, one hundred thirty-nine.

• Ezra 7:2

  the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,

• Ezra 10:24

  And of the singers: Eliashib. And of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.

• Ezra 10:42

  Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.

• Nehemiah 3:12

  And next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.

• Nehemiah 7:45

  The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, and the sons of Shobai, one hundred thirty-eight.

• Jeremiah 22:11

  For thus says YHWH concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned in place of Josiah his father, who went out from this place: “He will not return there again,

• Jeremiah 32:7

  ‘Look, Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle is coming to you, saying, “Buy for yourself my field that is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption to buy it is yours.”’

• Jeremiah 35:4

  and I brought them into the house of YHWH, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, the man of Elohim, which was next to the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum, keeper of the threshold.

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