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== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65295" /> ==
 
<p> [[Officer]] of [[Artaxerxes]] in [[Palestine]] at the time of the return of Zerubbabel. He wrote against the rebuilding of the city, which resulted in the building of the <i> temple </i> being stopped by the king. &nbsp;Ezra 4:7 . It will be seen that in the margin instead of [[Bishlam]] is read 'in peace,' and this is the reading in the LXX, Arabic, and [[Syriac]] Versions. </p>
Bishlam <ref name="term_25524" />
       
<p> (Heb. Bishlam', '''''בַּשְׁלָם''''' , for '''''בֶּן''''' '''''שָׁלֹם''''' '', Son Of Peace,'' i.e. ''Peaceful;'' Sept. translates '''''Ἐν''''' '''''Εἰρήνῃ''''' , so most other versions, but Vulg. ''Beselam),'' apparently an officer or commissioner (comp. &nbsp;1 [[Esdras]] 2:16) of [[Artaxerxes]] (i.e. Smerdis) in [[Palestine]] at the time of the return of [[Zerubbabel]] from captivity, and active in the remonstrance sent to the [[Persian]] court against the [[Jews]] in their efforts to rebuild their temple (&nbsp;Ezra 4:7). B.C. 522. </p>
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49774" /> ==
 
<p> <strong> BISHLAM </strong> (‘peaceful’?). An officer of Artaxerxes in Pal. at the time of the return from captivity under Zerub. (&nbsp; Ezra 4:7 ); called <strong> [[Belemus]] </strong> in &nbsp; Esther 2:16 &nbsp;Esther 2:16 . </p>
== References ==
       
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_25519" /> ==
<p> (Heb. Bishlam', '''''בַּשְׁלָם''''' , for '''''בֶּן''''' '''''שָׁלֹם''''' '', Son Of Peace,'' i.e. ''Peaceful;'' Sept. translates '''''Ἐν''''' '''''Εἰρήνῃ''''' , so most other versions, but Vulg. ''Beselam),'' apparently an officer or commissioner (comp. &nbsp;1 [[Esdras]] 2:16) of Artaxerxes (i.e. Smerdis) in Palestine at the time of the return of [[Zerubbabel]] from captivity, and active in the remonstrance sent to the [[Persian]] court against the [[Jews]] in their efforts to rebuild their temple (&nbsp;Ezra 4:7). B.C. 522. </p>
       
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1949" /> ==
<p> ''''' bish´lam ''''' ( בּשׁלם , <i> ''''' bishlām ''''' </i> , "peaceful" (?)): One of three foreign colonists who wrote a letter of complaint against the Jews to Artaxerxes (&nbsp;Ezra 4:7 = 1 Esdras 2:16). In 1 Esdras the reading is "Belemus." "And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, unto Artaxerxes, king of Persia," etc. (&nbsp; Ezra 4:7 ). The [[Septuagint]] renders Bishlam as <i> ''''' en eirḗnē ''''' </i> , "in peace," as though it were a phrase rather than a proper name; this is clearly an error. </p>
       
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<ref name="term_25524"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bishlam+(2) Bishlam from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_65295"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/bishlam Bishlam from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_49774"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/bishlam Bishlam from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_25519"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bishlam Bishlam from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_1949"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/bishlam Bishlam from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
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Bishlam [1]

(Heb. Bishlam', בַּשְׁלָם , for בֶּן שָׁלֹם , Son Of Peace, i.e. Peaceful; Sept. translates Ἐν Εἰρήνῃ , so most other versions, but Vulg. Beselam), apparently an officer or commissioner (comp.  1 Esdras 2:16) of Artaxerxes (i.e. Smerdis) in Palestine at the time of the return of Zerubbabel from captivity, and active in the remonstrance sent to the Persian court against the Jews in their efforts to rebuild their temple ( Ezra 4:7). B.C. 522.

References

  1. ↑ Bishlam from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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