Bible Person
Meaning: perfect; agreeable · Male · 2 cross references
This Shallum entry refers to the husband of Huldah and keeper of the temple vestments in Josiah's reign, not to the Judahite genealogical figure of the same name. He appears in the reform setting surrounding the discovery of the book of the law. First appears in 2 Kgs 22:14.1
AI summary: This Shallum matters because his cross references place him inside the domestic and institutional world from which Huldah is consulted during one of Judah's most decisive reform moments. Though he is not the prophetic voice, his household and office form part of that spiritually charged setting. Taken together, the material presents this Shallum as a temple-associated figure linked to Josiah's renewal.1
Central Figure
Shallum
Meaning: perfect; agreeable
Keeper of the temple vestments in the reign of Josiah (2 Kings 22:14).
Partners
Keeper of the temple vestments in the reign of Josiah (2 Kings 22:14). 3
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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.