Ephraimite leader who opposed taking captives from Judah
Shallum
Named in 1 verse of 2 Chronicles, first in 2 Chronicles 28:12.
שַׁלּוּםShallum
The name means “perfect; agreeable.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
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- Jehizkiah
About Shallum Written by AI
Shallum, mentioned in 2 Chronicles 28:12, was one of the leaders from the tribe of Ephraim who opposed the army of Israel taking captives from Judah during the reign of King Ahaz. When the army of Israel, led by King Pekah, attacked Judah and captured a large number of people, intending to bring them back to Samaria as slaves, Shallum and other leaders confronted them. They rebuked the army, reminding them of their own sins against the Lord and warning them not to add to their guilt by enslaving their fellow Israelites. As a result of their intervention, the captives were released, and the leaders of Ephraim provided them with clothing, food, and medical care before sending them back to Judah. Shallum's actions, along with those of the other leaders, demonstrated a sense of unity and compassion among the tribes of Israel, even during a time of conflict and division.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
This entry is on the name Shallum, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.
Retribution. (1.) The son of Jabesh, otherwise unknown. He “conspired against Zachariah, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead” (2 Kings 15:10). He reigned only “a month of days in Samaria” (15:13, marg.). Menahem rose up against Shallum and put him to death (2 Kings 15:14, 15, 17), and became king in his stead.
(2.) Keeper of the temple vestments in the reign of Josiah (2 Kings 22:14).
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(3.) One of the posterity of Judah (1 Chr. 2:40, 41).
(4.) A descendant of Simeon (1 Chr. 4:25).
(5.) One of the line of the high priests (1 Chr. 6:13).
(6.) 1 Chr. 7:13.
(7.) A keeper of the gate in the reign of David (1 Chr. 9:17).
(8.) A Levite porter (1 Chr. 9:19, 31; Jer. 35:4).
(9.) An Ephraimite chief (2 Chr. 28:12).
(10.) The uncle of the prophet Jeremiah (Jer. 32:7).
(11.) A son of king Josiah (1 Chr. 3:15; Jer. 22:11), who was elected to succeed his father on the throne, although he was two years younger than his brother Eliakim. He assumed the crown under the name of Jehoahaz (q.v.). He did not imitate the example of his father (2 Kings 23:32), but was “a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men” (Ezek. 19:3). His policy was anti-Egyptian therefore. Necho, at that time at Riblah, sent an army against Jerusalem, which at once yielded, and Jehoahaz was carried captive to the Egyptian camp, Eliakim being appointed king in his stead. He remained a captive in Egypt till his death, and was the first king of Judah that died in exile.
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.
Where the Bible names him
- 2 Chronicles 28:12
Then some of the leaders of the Ephraimites—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those arriving from the war.
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