First name Shallum in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Shallum is the name of the conspired against King Zechariah and became king of Israel in his place (2KI 15:10), as well as name of husband of Huldah the prophetess (2KI 22:14), son of Sismai (1CH 2:40), and son of Josiah (1CH 3:15)
(and others...)
. Meaning of the name: perfect; agreeable. Related names are: Jabesh, Jerusalem, Hilkiah . The translations of Shallum in 21 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the ichthys
below, from Sa-Lum in Vietnamese to シャルム in Japanese!
Wear it!And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. (2KI 15:10)
Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria. (2KI 15:13)
For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. (2KI 15:14)
And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. (2KI 15:15)
So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. (2KI 22:14)
And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, (1CH 2:40)
And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. (1CH 2:41)
And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. (1CH 3:15)
Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. (1CH 4:25)
And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum, (1CH 6:12)
And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, (1CH 6:13)
The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. (1CH 7:13)
And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; (1CH 9:17)
And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; (1CH 9:17)
And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry. (1CH 9:19)
And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans. (1CH 9:31)
Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war, (2CH 28:12)
And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect. (2CH 34:22)
The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine. (EZR 2:42)
The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, (EZR 7:2)
Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri. (EZR 10:24)
Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. (EZR 10:42)
And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. (NEH 3:12)
The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight. (NEH 7:45)
For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: (JER 22:11)
Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it. (JER 32:7)
And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: (JER 35:4)
But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David. (NEH 3:15)