Bible Person
Meaning: perfect; agreeable · Male · 5 cross references
This Shallum entry refers to the temple gatekeeper associated with Davidic and return-era service lists, not the priestly ancestor of Hilkiah. He belongs to the practical but important world of Levitical guarding and oversight. First appears in 1 Chr 9:17.1
AI summary: This Shallum matters because the cross references present him within the steady continuity of gatekeeping service from older temple traditions into post-exilic records. His connection to Mattithiah and the gatekeeping network shows that worship depends on remembered households handling necessary, ordered tasks. He is not publicly prominent, but his service is indispensable. Taken together, the material presents this Shallum as a temple gatekeeper whose family helps sustain the practical order of worship.1
Central Figure
Shallum
Meaning: perfect; agreeable
A keeper of the gate in the reign of David (1 Chr.
Children
A keeper of the gate in the reign of David (1 Chr. 9:17). 3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.