Shallum

A man, in the time of Exile and Return · named in 1 verse

the name means Retribution Easton's Bible Dictionary

Shallum was one of the Israelites who had married a foreign woman and pledged to put her away during Ezra's reforms.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Retribution. (1.) The son of Jabesh, otherwise unknown. He \"conspired against Zachariah, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead\" (2 Kings 15:10). He reigned only \"a month of days in Samaria\" (15:13, marg.). Menahem rose up against Shallum and put him to death (2 Kings 15:14, 15, 17), and became king in his stead.

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

First named at Ezra 10:42.

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Verses that name Shallum

Ezra 10:42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.