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Meshullam

Meshullam, a Benjamite, was among those who lived in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 9:7.

Why it matters. A Benjamite who lived in Jerusalem after the exile.

Primary passages
Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Meshullam

Meshullam is mentioned in the list of Benjamites who lived in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile (1Ch.9.7). He is listed along with Sallu, Ibneiah, Elah, and Meshullam, who were descendants of Jeshaiah, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Parents
Hodaviah
Children
Sallu

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • 1 Chronicles (1 verse)

    9:7

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