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Shallum (VII)

VII. SHALLUM Son of the High-priest 1 Chron. vi. 12, 13.Zadok, and Father of Hilkiah the High-priest. Shellum is call’d Meshullam, 1 Chron. ix. 11. He lived in the Time of Hezekiah, or of Abaz, and was the immediate Father of Azariah, and only Uncle to Hilkiah. See our Dissertation upon the Succession of the High-priests of the Jews. It seems to be him that is call’d Salom in Baruch i. 7.

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