Category:Meshullam

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Meshullam - Befriended. (1.) One of the chief Gadites in Bashan in the time of Jotham (1 Chronicles 5:13). (2.) Grandfather of Shaphan, "the scribe," in the reign of Josiah (2 Kings 22:3). (3.) A priest, father of Hilkiah (1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11), in the reign of Ammon; called Shallum in 1 Chronicles 6:12. (4.) A Levite of the family of Kohath (2 Chronicles 34:12), in the reign of Josiah. (5.) 1 Chronicles 8:17. (6.) 1 Chronicles 3:19. (7.) Nehemiah 12:13. (8.) A chief priest (Nehemiah 12:16). (9.) One of the leading Levites in the time of Ezra (Ezra 8:16). (10.) A priest (1 Chronicles 9:12). (11.) One of the principal Israelites who supported Ezra when expounding the law to the people (Nehemiah 8:4).