Shallum in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("retribution".) 1. Son of Jabesh; 15th king of Israel. Smote Zachariah, son of Jeroboam II, openly before the people (showing that their sympathies were with him), and seized the kingdom (2 Kings 15:9-10), thereby fulfilling the prophecy that Jehu's dynasty should last only to the fourth generation (2 Kings 10:30). Slain after a month's reign by Menahem, illustrating the retributive law (Matthew 26:52; Revelation 13:10). 2. The prophetess Huldah's husband (2 Kings 22:14); keeper of the priestly vestments (2 Chronicles 34:22). 3. 1 Chronicles 2:40-41 4. King Josiah's fourth son in order, according to 1 Chronicles 3:15; Jeremiah 22:11; by birth third son (See JEHOAHAZ.) 5. 1 Chronicles 4:25. 6. Ezra 7:2; 1 Chronicles 6:12-13. 7. 1 Chronicles 7:13; SHILLEM in Genesis 46:24; Numbers 25:48-49. 8. 1 Chronicles 9:17; Ezra 2:42. 9. Son of Kore (1 Chronicles 9:19; 1 Chronicles 9:31). From 1 Chronicles 9:18 it seems Shallum, etc., were of higher rank than Shallum, Akkub, etc., who were "for the companies of the sons of Levi." 10. 2 Chronicles 28:12. 11. Ezra 10:24. 12. Ezra 10:42. 13. Rebuilt the wall with his daughters (Nehemiah 3:12). 14. Jeremiah's uncle (Jeremiah 32:7); perhaps the same as Shallum, Huldah's husband. 15. Jeremiah 35:4.