Meshullam
מְשֻׁלָּם · me.shul.lam · H4918Mאַחְזַי · ach.zay · H0273“peaceable; perfect; their parables” Hitchcock's 18692 mentions in 2 books, most in 1 Chronicles (1)
Who he was
Meshullam, also known as Ahzai, was a priest who lived in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. In the book of Chronicles, he is mentioned in the list of priests who settled in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 9:12). Meshullam is described as the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer. In the book of Nehemiah, a priest named Ahzai, likely the same individual, is mentioned among the priests living in Jerusalem (Nehemiah 11:13). Ahzai is described as the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer.
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Family
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Every mention
2 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
1 Chronicles 1 mention
Nehemiah 1 mention
What the dictionary says
Befriended.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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- STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain