Belemus

== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible ==

BELEMUS , Esther 2:16 Esther 2:16 (16, LXX [Note: Septuagint.] ). See Bishlam.

== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ==

bel´ē̇ -mus ( Βήλεμος , Bḗlemos  ; Balsamus): An officer of King Artaxerxes in Palestine associated with Beeltethmus in hindering the rebuilding of the temple (1 Esdras 2:16): called Bishlam in Ezra 4:7 .

== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature ==

(Βήλεμος ), one of the Samaritans who wrote hostile letters to the Persian king concerning the returned Jews (1 Esdras 2:16); evidently the BISHLAM (See Bishlam) (q.v.) of the genuine text (Ezra 4:7).