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meÌ„Ì-shul´am (מש×לּ×, meshullaÌ„m, “resigned†or “devotedâ€; compare Arabic Muslim; ΜεσολλαÌμ, MesollaÌm): An Old Testament name very common in post-exilic times.
(1) The grandfather of Shaphan ().
(2) A son of Zerubbabel ().
(3) A Gadite ().
(4) (5) (6) Three Benjamites (; , ).
(7) The father of Hilkiah (; ).
(8) A priest, son of Meshillemith (); the parallel list () omits the name.
(9) A Kohathite appointed by Josiah as one of the overseers to direct the repairs of the temple ().
(10) One of the chief men sent by Ezra to procure Levites to go up with him to Jerusalem (; compare 1 Esdras 8:44).
(11) A Levite opposed to Ezra's regulations anent marriage with foreigners (; 1 Esdras 9:14).
(12) One of those who had married foreign wives (; compare 1 Esdras 9:30).
(13) One of the repairers of the wall (, ). His daughter was married to Jehohanan, the son of Tobiah the Ammonite ().
(14) One of the repairers of the Old Gate ().
(15) A supporter of Ezra at the reading of the Law ().
(16) One of those who subscribed the Covenant ().
(17) A priest who subscribed the Covenant ().
(18) (19) Two priests at the time of the high priest Joiakim (, ).
(20) A porter at the time of the high priest Joiakim ().
(21) A processionist at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem ().