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MESHULLAM

me-shul'-am (meshullam, "resigned" or "devoted"; compare Arabic Muslim; Mesollam): An Old Testament name very common in post-exilic times.
(1) The grandfather of Shaphan (2 Ki 22:3).
(2) A son of Zerubbabel (1 Ch 3:19).
(3) A Gadite (1 Ch 5:13).
(4) (5) (6) Three Benjamites (1 Ch 8:17; 9:7,8).
(7) The father of Hilkiah (1 Ch 9:11; Neh 11:11).
(8) A priest, son of Meshillemith (1 Ch 9:12); the parallel list (Neh 11:13) omits the name.
(9) A Kohathite appointed by Josiah as one of the overseers to direct the repairs of the temple (2 Ch 34:12).
(10) One of the chief men sent by Ezra to procure Levites to go up with him to Jerusalem (Ezr 8:16; compare 1 Esdras 8:44).
(11) A Levite opposed to Ezra's regulations anent marriage with foreigners (Ezr 10:15; 1 Esdras 9:14).
(12) One of those who had married foreign wives (Ezr 10:29; compare 1 Esdras 9:30).
(13) One of the repairers of the wall (Neh 3:4,30). His daughter was married to Jehohanan, the son of Tobiah the Ammonite (Neh 6:18).
(14) One of the repairers of the Old Gate (Neh 3:6).
(15) A supporter of Ezra at the reading of the Law (Neh 8:4).
(16) One of those who subscribed the Covenant (Neh 10:20).
(17) A priest who subscribed the Covenant (Neh 10:7).
(18) (19) Two priests at the time of the high priest Joiakim (Neh 12:13,16).
(20) A porter at the time of the high priest Joiakim (Neh 12:25).
(21) A processionist at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh 12:33).
John A. Less Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'meshullam'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.

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