SHELOMITH

ISBE

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

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(peaceful).

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