What is "shallum"

Shallum ("retribution") was the name of several people of the Old Testament.

• Shallum of Israel, king of Israel.
• King of Judah also known as Jehoahaz.
• Shallum (son of Tikvah), keeper of the temple-wardrobe in the reign of Josiah ( 2. Kings 22:14) and husband of Huldah the Prophetess.
• One of the posterity of Judah ( 1. Chronicles 2:40, 41).
• A descendant of Simeon (1. Chr. 4:25).
• A descendant of Levi, and one of the line of the high priests (1. Chr. 6:13).
• One of the sons of Naphtali (1. Chr. 7:13).
• Shallum was a gatekeeper who lived in Jerusalem (1. Chr. 9:17).
• A Levite porter (1. Chr. 9:19, 31; Jer. 35:4).
• The uncle of the prophet Jeremiah (Jer. 32:7).
• Shallum (son of Hallohesh), ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, repaired a section of the wall of Jerusalem with the help of his daughters ( Neh. 3:12).