McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Sallai

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Sallai


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(Heb. ñִìִּé , Sallay', perhaps lifted up, from ñָìִì , salal; or basket-maker; Sept. Óçëåß , Óáëáú v, v.r. Óçëß ), the name of two Hebrews.

1.
One of the leaders of the sons of Benjamin, who settled at Jerusalem with 928 tribesmen on the return from captivity (Neh_11:8), B.C. cir. 459.

2. One of the chiefs of the priests who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel (Neh_12:20), B.C. cir. 459. He is elsewhere (Neh_12:7) called SALLU (q.v.).