Meaning
1. The fifteenth king of Israel, son of Jabesh, conspired against Zachariah, killed him, and brought the dynasty of Jehu to a close, B.C. 770. Shallum, after reigning in Samaria for a month only, was in his turn dethroned and killed by Menahem. (2Kings 15:10-14)
2. The husband of Huldah the prophetess, (2Kings 22:14; 2Chronicles 34:23) in the reign of Josiah. (B.C. 830.)
3. A descendant of Shesham. (1Chr 2:40; 1Chr 2:41)
4. The third son of Josiah king of Judah, known in the books of Kings and Chronicles as Jehoahaz. (1Chronicles 3:15; Jeremiah 22:11) [JEHOAHAZ ] (B.C. 610.)
5. Son of Shaul the son of Simeon. (1Chronicles 4:25)
6. A high priest. (1Chr 6:12; 1Chr 6:13; Ezra 7:2)
7. A son of Naphtali. (1Chronicles 7:13)
8. The chief of a family of porters or gate-keepers of the east gate of the temple. (1Chronicles 9:17) (B.C. 1050.)
9. Son of Kore, a Korahite. (1Chr 9:19; 1Chr 9:31)
10. Father of Jehizkiah, an Ephraimite. (2Chronicles 28:12)
11. One of the porters of the temple who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:24)
12. One of the sons of Bani. (Ezra 10:42)
13. The son of Halohesh and ruler of a district of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:12)
14. The uncle of Jeremiah, (Jeremiah 32:7) perhaps the same as 2.
15. Father or ancestor of Maaseiah (Jeremiah 35:4) perhaps the same as 9. (B.C. 630.)
