Shelomi (Hastings' Dictionary)
father of an Asherite prince, Nu 34". 8HEL0MITH (n-?V; in Ezr S'" n-p^V)-— !• The mother of the man who was stoned to death foi having blasphemed 'the Name,' Lv 24" (B»AF ^a\aij.eie, Luc. ^aXfutd). 2. Daughter of Zenib- babel, 1 Ch 3" (B ^aXu/ifed, A ZaXuixeBi, Luc. ^aXu/ilS). 3. One of the ' sons of Izliar,' I Ch 23" (B ^aXoiniie, A ^aXov/xuS, Luc. ZaXu/iie), called in 24'*' Shelomoth. 4. The name of a family whose representatives returned with Ezra, Ezr S'" (B ZaXfiMoi)tf, Luc. 2aXiM<i«).
It is probable that a name has dropped out of the MT, and that vire should read 'of the sons of Bani, Shelomitli the son of Josiphiah ' (cf. A"'' dird vi^v liaavi ':Le\ei.ujj.oiO, and 1 Es ti^*^ ' of the sons of Banias, Salimoth son of Josaphias'). SHELOMOTH (ntoV).-l. An Izharite, 1 Cli 24a (BA. ZaXoi/Miie, Luc. 2aXwM'«) = Sheloraith of 23". 2. A descendant of Moses, 1 Ch 26^ [A'crc n, ^] ■■"•" (in the last Heb. n'cV. B-'^ "> all ^aXuin^ie, Luc. m first two 2aXa/xiO, in last i:aXa>Mif ). 3.
A Gershointe, 1 Ch 23^ (Kere a-t^hf ; B 'AXu/ieie, A SoXui/xtitf, Luc. 2aXuMie). ' SHELUMIEL (Sx-o^. a name exhibiting a late and artificial formation [Gray, HP.\' -MU] ; LXX raXa^iTiX).- Prince of the tribe of Simeon, ^U 1 212 7^6. 41 1019 (cf. Jth 8'). See also SuEMUJSL.
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