Shallum = "retribution"<OL TYPE="1"><LI>son of Jabesh, conspirator and slayer of king Zachariah of the northern kingdom of Israel ending the dynasty of Jehu; assumed the throne and became the 15th king of the northern kingdom; reigned for one month and was killed by Menahem<LI>the 3rd son of king Josiah of Judah and subsequent king of Judah; reigned for 3 months before he was taken captive to Egypt where he was placed in chains and later died<OL TYPE="a"><LI>also 'Jehoahaz'</OL><LI>husband of Huldah the prophetess in the reign of king Josiah of Judah. Maybe the same as 4<LI>uncle of Jeremiah the prophet. Maybe the same as 3<LI>a Simeonite, son of Shaul and grandson of Simeon<LI>a Judaite, son of Sisamai and father of Jekamiah in the family of Jerahmeel<LI>an Ephraimite, father of Jehizkiah<LI>a son of Naphtali<LI>a Korahite Levite, chief of a family of gatekeepers for the east gate of the temple<OL TYPE="a"><LI>maybe same as 13</OL><LI>son of Halohesh and ruler of a district of Jerusalem; also repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah<LI>a priest, of the family of Eleazar, son of Zadok and father of Hilkiah in the family line of Ezra<LI>a Korahite Levite, son of Kore, father of Maaseiah, and in charge of the work of the service. Maybe same as 9<LI>a Levite gatekeeper who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra<LI>a Levite and descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra</OL>