MESHULLAM

(friend).

→ Ancestor of Shaphan the scribe. (2 Kings 22:3)

→ The son of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:19)

→ A Gadite in the reign of Jotham king of Judah. (1 Chronicles 5:13)

→ A Benjamite, of the sons of Elpaal. (1 Chronicles 8:17)

→ A Benjamite, father of Sallu. (1 Chronicles 9:7; Nehemiah 11:7)

→ A Benjamite who lived at Jerusalem after the captivity. (1 Chronicles 9:8)

→ The same as Shallum, who was high priest probably in the reign of Amon, and father of Hilkiah. (1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11)

→ A priest, son of Meshillemith or Meshillemoth the son of Immer, and ancestor of Maasiai or Amashai. (1 Chronicles 9:12) comp. Nehe 11:13

→ A Kohathite or a family of Kohathite Levites, in the reign of Josiah. (2 Chronicles 34:12)

→ One of the "heads" sent by Ezra to Iddo, "the head," to gather together the Levites to join the caravan about to return to Jerusalem. (Ezra 8:16)

→ A chief man who assisted Ezra in abolishing the marriages which some of the people had contracted with foreign wives. (Ezra 10:15)

→ One of the descendants of Bani, who had married a foreign wife and put her away. (Ezra 10:29)

→ (Nehemiah 3:30; 6:18) The son of Berechiah, who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:4)

→ The son of Besodeiah: he assisted Jehoiada the son of Paseah in restoring the old gate of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:6)

→ One of those who stood at the left hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people. (Nehemiah 8:4)

→ A priest or family of priests who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:7)

→ One of the heads of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:20)

→ A priest in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, and representative of the house of Ezra. (Nehemiah 12:13)

→ Also a priest at the same time as the preceding, and head of the priestly family of Ginnethon. (Nehemiah 12:16)

→ A family of porters, descendants of Meshullam, (Nehemiah 12:25) who is also called Meshelemiah, (1 Chronicles 26:1) Shelemiah, (1 Chronicles 26:14) and Shallum. (Nehemiah 7:45)

→ One of the princes of Judah at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 12:33)