Bible Person

Meshullam

Male · 1 cross reference

This Meshullam entry refers to a Benjaminite ancestor in Nehemiah 11:7 and the father of Sallu, not to the many other figures of the same name elsewhere. He belongs to the family lines associated with the inhabitants of restored Jerusalem. First appears in Neh 11:7.1

AI summary: This Meshullam matters because his single cross reference helps define one household within the restored city's settled population. Even a brief paternal notice contributes to the picture of Jerusalem being repopulated through remembered families. Taken together, the material presents this Meshullam as a genealogical figure in post-exilic Jerusalem.1