<strong>SHELOMITH, SHELOMOTH</strong> (shē-lō'mĭth, shēlō'mŏth, Heb. <em>shelōmîth, shelōmôth, peaceful</em>)<br /><br />

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<strong>SHELOMITH</strong> <strong>shĭ lō’ mĭth</strong> (<span class="hebrew">שְׁלוֹמִ֖ית</span>, once only <span class="hebrew">שְׁלֹמוֹת</span>, <span class="gknumber">H8977</span>, [<bibleref ref="Ezra.8.10">Ezra 8:10</bibleref>], <em>at peace</em>, <em>complete</em>, <em>perfect</em>). Sometimes confused with Shelomoth (see below) which is almost certainly the original male form of the name. 1. A woman of the tribe of Dan whose son (by an Egyp. father), following a quarrel with another Israelite, blasphemed the divine name and was subsequently stoned to death (<bibleref ref="Lev.24.11">Lev 24:11</bibleref>).<br /><br />

2. The daughter of Zerubbabel (<bibleref ref="1Chr.3.19">1 Chron 3:19</bibleref>).

3. A Gershomite, one of the sons of Shimei (<bibleref ref="1Chr.23.9">1 Chron 23:9</bibleref> KJV). Called Shelomoth in ASV, RSV.

4. A Gershomite, the son of Izhar (<bibleref ref="1Chr.23.18">1 Chron 23:18</bibleref>). The name appears as Shelomoth in <bibleref ref="1Chr.24.22">24:22</bibleref>.

5. The son of Zichri, a descendant of Moses who was in charge of all the spoils of war and other gifts dedicated to the maintenance of the sanctuary (<bibleref ref="1Chr.26.25-1Chr.26.28">1 Chron 26:25-28</bibleref> KJV). Shelomoth appears in ASV, RSV.

6. A son or daughter of Maacah, the favorite wife of Rehoboam (<bibleref ref="2Chr.11.20">2 Chron 11:20</bibleref>).

7. The son of Josiphiah (<bibleref ref="Ezra.8.10">Ezra 8:10</bibleref>), of the family of Bani (so LXX, cf. <bibleref ref="1Esd.8.36">1 Esdras 8:36</bibleref> <span class="small-caps">KJV Assalimoth, RSV Salimoth, MT</span> lacks Bani; see also <bibleref ref="Ezra.2.10">Ezra 2:10</bibleref>). A family head who returned with Ezra from the Exile in Babylonia.

<h2>International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)</h2>

she-lo’-mith, shel’-o-mith (shelomith; in <bibleref ref="Ezra.8.10">Ezr 8:10</bibleref>, shelomith):

(1) The mother of the man who was stoned for blasphemy (<bibleref ref="Lev.24.11">Le 24:11</bibleref>) (BAF, Salomeith, Lucian, Salmith).<br /><br />

(2) Daughter of Zerubbabel (<bibleref ref="1Chr.3.19">1Ch 3:19</bibleref>) (Codex Vaticanus Salomethei; Codex Alexandrinus Salomethi, Lucian, Salomith).

(3) One of the "sons of Izhar" (<bibleref ref="1Chr.23.18">1Ch 23:18</bibleref>) (Codex Vaticanus Salomoth; Codex Alexandrinus Saloumoth, Lucian, Salomith), called "Shelomoth" in 24:22.

(4) The name of a family whose representatives returned with Ezra (<bibleref ref="Ezra.8.10">Ezr 8:10</bibleref>) (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<br /><br />