Meshullam
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Meshullam is a Biblical masculine name
meaning "Befriended". In the Old Testament the name Meshullam was borne by eleven characters:
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meaning "Befriended". In the Old Testament the name Meshullam was borne by eleven characters:
- One of the chief Gadites in Bashan in the time of Jotham .
- Grandfather of Shaphan, "the scribe," in the reign of Josiah .
- A priest, father of Hilkiah ,, in the reign of AmmonAmmonAmmon , also referred to as the Ammonites and children of Ammon, was an ancient nation located east of the Jordan River, Gilead, and the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan. The chief city of the country was Rabbah or Rabbath Ammon, site of the modern city of Amman, Jordan's capital...
; called Shallum in . - A Levite of the family of Kohath (, in the reign of Josiah.
- A son of Elpaal. .
- One of two sons of ZerubbabelZerubbabelZerubbabel was a governor of the Persian Province of Judah and the grandson of Jehoiachin, penultimate king of Judah. Zerubbabel led the first group of Jews, numbering 42,360, who returned from the Babylonian Captivity in the first year of Cyrus, King of Persia . The date is generally thought to...
, the other being Hananiah. - A priest, head of the House of Ezra. .
- A chief priest .
- One of the leading Levites in the time of Ezra .
- A priest .
- One of the principal Israelites who supported EzraEzraEzra , also called Ezra the Scribe and Ezra the Priest in the Book of Ezra. According to the Hebrew Bible he returned from the Babylonian exile and reintroduced the Torah in Jerusalem...
when expounding the law to the people .