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MESHULLAM

(Heb. mĕšullām)

1. The grandfather of the scribe Shaphan and father of Azaliah (2 Kgs. 22:3).

2. A son of Zerubbabel (1 Chr. 3:19).

3. The head of a Gadite clan in Bashan (1 Chr. 5:13).

4. A son of Elpaal, a Benjaminite (1 Chr. 8:17).

5. The father of Sallu, a descendant of Benjamin; among the first Benjaminites to return from the Exile (1 Chr. 9:7; Neh. 11:7).

6. The son of Shephatiah; a Benjaminite who returned from the Exile (1 Chr. 9:8).

7. The father of Hilkiah and son of Zadok; of priestly descent (1 Chr. 9:11; Neh. 11:11).

8. The father of Jahzerah and son of Meshillemith; of priestly descent (1 Chr. 9:12).

9. A Kohathite appointed by Josiah as an overseer of the temple repairs (2 Chr. 34:12).

10. One of the “leaders” sent by Ezra to procure Levites to serve as priests in the temple (Ezra 8:16), a “man of understanding” (1 Esdr. 8:44). He may be the same as 11 and 12 below.

11. One who opposed Ezra’s policy of divorcing the foreign wives (Ezra 10:15; 1 Esdr. 9:14), possibly a Levite.

12. The son of Bani who had married a foreign wife and was forced to divorce her (Ezra 10:29).

13. The son of Berechiah who helped repair the walls of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:4, 30). His daughter married Tobiah’s son Jehohanan (Neh. 6:18).

14. The son of Besodeiah who helped repair the Old Gate (Neh. 3:6).

15. One who stood at Ezra’s left hand during the reading of the Law (Neh. 8:4). The privilege of participating in the ceremony indicated a position of honor.

16. A priest who, along with Nehemiah, “set his seal” to the covenant between God and the people (Neh. 10:7[MT 8]).

17. A chief of the people who sealed the covenant under Nehemiah (Neh. 10:20[21]).

18. The head of the priestly house of Ezra in the time of the high priest Joiakim (Neh. 12:13).

19. The head of the priestly house of Ginnethon in the time of the high priest Joiakim (Neh. 12:16).

20. A gatekeeper who guarded the storehouses of the gates in the time of high priest Joiakim (Neh. 12:25).

21. One who participated in the procession dedicating the rebuilt walls of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:33).

Harold R. Mosley

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MESHULLAM

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)