Meshullam

befriended.

peaceable; perfect; their parablesMesobaite

(friend ).

1. Ancestor of Shaphan the scribe. ( 2 Kings 22:3 )
2. The son of Zerubbabel. ( 1 Chronicles 3:19 )
3. A Gadite in the reign of Jotham king of Judah. ( 1 Chronicles 5:13 )
4. A Benjamite, of the sons of Elpaal. ( 1 Chronicles 8:17 )
5. A Benjamite, father of Sallu. ( 1 Chronicles 9:7 ; Nehemiah 11:7 )
6. A Benjamite who lived at Jerusalem after the captivity. ( 1 Chronicles 9:8 )
7. 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 )
8. 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
9. A Kohathite or a family of Kohathite Levites, in the reign of Josiah. ( 2 Chronicles 34:12 )
10. 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 )
11. A chief man who assisted Ezra in abolishing the marriages which some of the people had contracted with foreign wives. ( Ezra 10:15 )
12. One of the descendants of Bani, who had married a foreign wife and put her away. ( Ezra 10:29 )
13. ( Nehemiah 3:30 ; 6:18 ) The son of Berechiah, who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. ( Nehemiah 3:4 )
14. The son of Besodeiah: he assisted Jehoiada the son of Paseah in restoring the old gate of Jerusalem. ( Nehemiah 3:6 )
15. One of those who stood at the left hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people. ( Nehemiah 8:4 )
16. A priest or family of priests who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. ( Nehemiah 10:7 )
17. One of the heads of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. ( Nehemiah 10:20 )
18. A priest in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, and representative of the house of Ezra. ( Nehemiah 12:13 )
19. Also a priest at the same time as the preceding, and head of the priestly family of Ginnethon. ( Nehemiah 12:16 )
20. 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 )
21. One of the princes of Judah at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. ( Nehemiah 12:33 )

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 Kings 22:3).

(2) A son of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:19).

(3) A Gadite (1 Chronicles 5:13).

(4) (5) (6) Three Benjamites (1 Chronicles 8:17; 9:7,8).

(7) The father of Hilkiah (1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11).

(8) A priest, son of Meshillemith (1 Chronicles 9:12); the parallel list (Nehemiah 11:13) omits the name.

(9) A Kohathite appointed by Josiah as one of the overseers to direct the repairs of the temple (2 Chronicles 34:12).

(10) One of the chief men sent by Ezra to procure Levites to go up with him to Jerusalem (Ezra 8:16; compare 1 Esdras 8:44).

(11) A Levite opposed to Ezra's regulations anent marriage with foreigners (Ezra 10:15; 1 Esdras 9:14).

(12) One of those who had married foreign wives (Ezra 10:29; compare 1 Esdras 9:30).

(13) One of the repairers of the wall (Nehemiah 3:4,30). His daughter was married to Jehohanan, the son of Tobiah the Ammonite (Nehemiah 6:18).

(14) One of the repairers of the Old Gate (Nehemiah 3:6).

(15) A supporter of Ezra at the reading of the Law (Nehemiah 8:4).

(16) One of those who subscribed the Covenant (Nehemiah 10:20).

(17) A priest who subscribed the Covenant (Nehemiah 10:7).

(18) (19) Two priests at the time of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:13,16).

(20) A porter at the time of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:25).

(21) A processionist at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 12:33).

John A. Less