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MESHULLAM.—1. 2. 3. Three Benjamites (1Ch_8:17; 1Ch_9:7; 1Ch_9:3). 4. A Gadite (1Ch_5:13). 5. The grandfather of Shaphan (2Ki_22:3). 6. The father of Hilkiah (1Ch_9:11). 7. Another priest of the same family (1Ch_9:12). 8. A Kohathite (2Ch_34:12). 9. A son of Zerubbabel (1Ch_3:19). 10. One of the ‘chief men’ whose services were enlisted by Ezra to procure Levites (Ezr_8:16); called in 1Es_8:44 Mosollamus. 11. A Levite who opposed Ezra’s proceedings in connexion with the foreign marriages (Ezr_10:15); called in 1Es_9:14 Mosollamus. 12. One of those who had married foreign wives (Ezr_10:29); called in 1Es_9:30 Olamus. 13. Son of Berechiah, one of those who helped to repair the walls of Jerusalem (Neh_3:4; Neh_3:30). His daughter was married to Tobiah (Neh_6:18). 14. Son of Besodeiah. He helped to repair the old gate (Neh_3:5). 15. One of the company that stood at Ezra’s left hand during the reading of the Law (Neh_8:4). 16, 17. A priest and a chief of the people who sealed the covenant (Neh_10:7; Neh_10:20). 18. One of the princes of Judah who marched in procession at the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh_12:33). 19, 20, 21. Two heads of priestly houses and a porter in the time of the high priest Joiakim (Neh_12:13; Neh_12:16; Neh_12:25 [see Meshelemiah]).