Shillem

Also called Shallum

Mentioned 1705–1451 BC traditional (Jones)

1 Chr. 7:13.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father: Naphtali
Siblings: Guni, Jahzeel, Jezer
Tagged in: 3 verses

The 25th generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
Mentioned in the era of Egypt and the Exodus, 1706–1451 BC.
Named in the same verses as Jezer, Guni, Jahzeel, Naphtali, and Bilhah.

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1769–1387 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

3 tagged verses in 3 books. Select a book to read its verses.

Genesis1
Numbers1
1 Chronicles1

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	Shillem 2Shallum 27
KJV	Shillem 2Shallum 27
ASV	Shillem 2Shallum 27

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 3 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Genesis1 verse

46:24
The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

Numbers1 verse

26:49
the Jezerite clan from Jezer, and the Shillemite clan from Shillem.

1 Chronicles1 verse

7:13
The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum—the descendants of Bilhah.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.