Shelomith

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Married an Egyptian, a connection unfavourable for promotion of piety ( 2 Corinthians 6:14-15); their son was stoned for blasphemy ( Leviticus 24:11).

2.  1 Chronicles 3:19.

3.  1 Chronicles 23:18; Shelomoth  1 Chronicles 24:22.

4.  1 Chronicles 26:25-26;  1 Chronicles 26:28.

5. Son of Shimei, a Gershonite ( 1 Chronicles 23:9). The Gershonites numbered nine fathers' houses, six named after Laadan, and three after Shimei. The three sons of Laadan ( 1 Chronicles 23:8) and the three of Shimei ( 1 Chronicles 23:9, descended from Libni and not elsewhere named) were heads of the fathers' houses of Laadan. The Shimei in  1 Chronicles 23:9 is distinct from the Shimei in  1 Chronicles 23:7. The sons of the Shimei in  1 Chronicles 23:7 are not enumerated until  1 Chronicles 23:10. Laadan and Shimei are not named in  1 Chronicles 23:7 as being sons of Gershon, but as founders of the two chief lilies of the Gershonites.

6.  Ezra 8:10; but Septuagint read "of the sons of Bani, Shelomith the son of Josiphiah."

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.  Leviticus 24:11 . Her son blasphemed the name of Jehovah and was stoned to death.

2. Daughter of Zerubbabel.   1 Chronicles 3:19 .

3. Son of Shimei, a Gershonite.   1 Chronicles 23:9 .

4. Son of Izhar, a Kohathite.   1 Chronicles 23:18 . Called SHELOMOTH an Izharite in  1 Chronicles 24:22 .

5. Son of Zichri, a Levite: he had the care of the treasures and dedicated things in the time of David.   1 Chronicles 26:25,26,28 .

6. Son or daughter of Rehoboam.   2 Chronicles 11:20 .

7. Ancestor of some who returned from exile.   Ezra 8:10 .

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

This woman's name is rendered memorable in Scripture, from having a son who blasphemed the Lord. See the history, ( Leviticus 24:10-23) Her name seems to have been derived from Shalem, peace—but her unhappy commerce with an Egyptian brought forth in this son both disorder and unhappiness. Alas! what can such events produce but evil? "Lust (saith the Holy Ghost by the apostle) when it hath conceived bringeth forth sin, and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death." ( James 1:15) It is somewhat remarkable that this name of Shelemoth, though it is evidently of a feminine termination, was used for several of the sons of the Hebrews. ( 1 Chronicles 23:9; 1Ch 26:26)

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Shel'omith. (Peaceful).

1. The daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.  Leviticus 24:11.

2. The daughter of Zerubbabel.  1 Chronicles 3:19. (B.C. after 536).

3. Chief of the Izharites.  1 Chronicles 23:18.

4. A descendant of Eliezer, the son of Moses, in the reign of David.  1 Chronicles 26:25-26;  1 Chronicles 26:28. (B.C. 1013).

5. A Gershonite.  1 Chronicles 23:9.

6. One whose sons, returned from Babylon with Ezra.  Ezra 8:10.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

SHELOMITH . 1 . The mother of the man who was stoned to death for having blasphemed ‘the Name’ (  Leviticus 24:11 ). 2 . Daughter of Zerubbabel (  1 Chronicles 3:19 ). 3 . One of the ‘sons of Izhar’ (  1 Chronicles 23:18 , called in   1 Chronicles 24:22 Shelomoth). 4 . A son of Rehoboam (  2 Chronicles 11:20 ). 5 . A family which returned with Ezra (  Ezra 8:10 [ 1Es 8:36 Salimoth ]).

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Ezra 8:10 2 2 Chronicles 11:20 3 1 Chronicles 23:18 1 Chronicles 24:22 4 1 Chronicles 26:25-28 Leviticus 24:10-23 6 1 Chronicles 3:19

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

[some Shelo'mith] (Heb. Shelomith', שְׁלֹמַית or [ Ezra 8:10] שְׁלוֹמַית , peaceful [strictly a fem. form of Shelomi] twice Shelomoth', שְׁלֹמוֹת [ 1 Chronicles 23:9;  1 Chronicles 26:25], in both which places, however, the Keri has שְׁלֹמַית [ 1 Chronicles 26:26]), the name of four or five Hebrews and two or three Hebrewesses.

1. (Sept. Σαλωμείθ .) A Danite female, daughter of Dibri, wife of an Egyptian, and mother of the man who was stoned for blasphemy ( Leviticus 24:11). B.C. ante 1658. The Jewish rabbins have overlaid these few simple facts with a mass of characteristic fable. "They say that Shelomith was a very handsome and virtuous woman who was solicited and tempted to criminal conversation by an Egyptian, an overseer of the Hebrews' labors, without complying with him. He at last found an opportunity, by night, of slipping into the house and bed of Shelomith, in the absence of her husband, and abused her simplicity. The day following, when this woman discovered the injury, she bitterly complained of it to her husband when he returned. He at first thought of putting her away, but kept her some time to see if she should prove with child by the Egyptian. After some months, her pregnancy, becoming evident, he sent her away, and with words he assaulted the officer who had done this outrage. The Egyptian abused him still further, both by words and blows, Moses, coming hither by chance and hearing of this injury done by the Egyptian to the Israelite, took up his defense, killed the Egyptian, and buried him in the sand. The brethren of Shelomith, seeing their sister put away like an adulteress, pretended to call her husband to account for it and to make him take her again. He refused, and they came to blows. Moses happened to be there again, and wished to reconcile them, but the husband of Shelomith asked him what he had to do in the matter? who had made him a judge over them? and whether he had a mind to kill him, also, as yesterday he killed the Egyptian? Moses, hearing this, fled from Egypt into the country of Midian. The blasphemer stoned in the wilderness ( Leviticus 24:10-11) was, say the Jews, the son of Shelomith and this Egyptian. The officer who inspected the Hebrews' labor is he of whom Moses speaks in  Exodus 2:11-12; and the husband of Shelomith is intimated in the same place ( Exodus 2:13-14)."

2. (Sept. Σαλουμώθ . Σ .r. Σαλωμώθ .) A Levite, chief of the sons of Ishar in the time of David ( 1 Chronicles 23:18). B.C. 1013. He is elsewhere ( 1 Chronicles 24:22-23) called SHELOMOTH (See Shelomoth) (q.v.).

3. (Sept. Σαλωμώθ .) A Levite descended from Eliezer the son of Moses, and put in charge of the Temple treasury under David ( 1 Chronicles 26:25-26;  1 Chronicles 26:28). B.C. 1018.

4. (Sept. Σαλωμίθ v.r. ‘Αωθείμ .) First named of the three sons of Shimei, chief of the Gershonites in the time of David ( 1 Chronicles 23:9). B.C. 1013. In  1 Chronicles 23:10 his name should probably be read instead of Shimei (q.v.).

5. (Sept. Σελημώθ .) The last named of the three children of Rehoboam by his second wife, Maachah, but whether a son or a daughter is uncertain ( 2 Chronicles 11:20). B.C. cir. 970.

6. (Sept. Σαλωμεθί v.r. Σαλωμίθ . ) A daughter of Zerubbabel ( 1 Chronicles 3:19). B.C. post 53..

7. (Sept. Σαλειμούθ v.r. Σελιμούθ .) According to the present text of  Ezra 8:10, the sons of Shelomith, with the son of Josiphiah at their head, returned from Babylon with Ezra to the number of eighty males, B.C. ante 459. There appears, however, to be an omission, which may be supplied from the Sept., and the true reading is probably "Of the sons of Bani, Shelomith the son of Josiphiah." See also  1 Esdras 8:36, where he is called "Assamoth son of Josaphias." See Keil, ad oc.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

shḗ - lō´mith , shel´ṓ - mith ( שׁלמית , shelōmı̄th  ; in   Ezra 8:10 , שׁלומית , shelōmı̄th ):

(1) The mother of the man who was stoned for blasphemy ( Leviticus 24:11 ) (BAF, Σαλωμείθ , Salōmeı́th , Lucian, Σαλμίθ , Salmı́th ).

(2) Daughter of Zerubbabel ( 1 Chronicles 3:19 ) (Codex Vaticanus Σαλωμεθεί , Salōmetheı́  ; Codex Alexandrinus Σαλωμεθί , Salōmethı́ , Lucian, Σαλωμιθ , Salōmı́th ).

(3) One of the "sons of Izhar" ( 1 Chronicles 23:18 ) (Codex Vaticanus Σαλωμώθ , Salōmṓth  ; Codex Alexandrinus Σαλουμώθ , Saloumṓth , Lucian, Σαλωμίθ , Salōmı́th ), called "Shelomoth" in 24:22.

(4) The name of a family whose representatives returned with Ezra ( Ezra 8:10 ) (Codex Vaticanus Σαλειμούθ , Saleimoúth  ; Lucian, Σαλιμώθ , Salimṓth ). 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."