How to Pronounce Shalman
SHAL-muhn
Shalman is pronounced SHAL-muhn (ˈʃælmən): two syllables, stress on the first.
What does Shalman mean?
Shalman means “peaceable; perfect; that rewards”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
What is Shalman?
An Assyrian king (Hos. 10:14), identified with Shalmaneser II. (Sayce) or IV. (Lenormant), the successor of Pul on the throne of Assyria (B.C. 728). He made war against Hoshea, the king of Israel, whom he subdued and compelled to pay an annual tribute. Hoshea, however, soon after rebelled against his Assyrian conquerer. Shalmaneser again marched against Samaria, which, after a siege of three years, was taken (2 Kings 17:3-5; 18:9) by Sargon (q.v.). A revolution meantime had broken out in Assyria, and Shalmaneser was deposed. Sargon usurped the vacant throne. Schrader thinks that this is probably the name of a king of Moab mentioned on an inscription of Tiglath-pileser as Salamanu.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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