Shelomith

(peaceful).

1. The daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. (Leviticus 24:11)

2. The daughter of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:19) (B.C. after 536.)

3. Chief of the Izharites. (1 Chronicles 23:18)

4. A descendant of Eliezer the son of Moses, in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 26:25,26,28) (B.C. 1013.)

5. A Gershonite. (1 Chronicles 23:9)

6. One whose sons returned from Babylon with Ezra. (Ezra 8:10)

she-lo'-mith, shel'-o-mith (shelomith; in Ezr 8:10, shelomith):

(1) The mother of the man who was stoned for blasphemy (Le 24:11) (BAF, Salomeith, Lucian, Salmith).

(2) Daughter of Zerubbabel (1Ch 3:19) (Codex Vaticanus Salomethei; Codex Alexandrinus Salomethi, Lucian, Salomith).

(3) One of the "sons of Izhar" (1Ch 23:18) (Codex Vaticanus Salomoth; Codex Alexandrinus Saloumoth, Lucian, Salomith), called "Shelomoth" in 24:22.

(4) The name of a family whose representatives returned with Ezra (Ezr 8:10) (Codex Vaticanus Saleimouth; Lucian, Salimoth). The Massoretic Text here should read, "and the sons of Bani; Shelomith, son of Josiphiah"; and in 1 Esdras 8:36, "of the sons of Banias, Salimoth, son of Josaphias."

Horace J. Wolf