Sallai

Benjamite who settled in Jerusalem after the exile

A written article for Sallai is still to come. Below and alongside: where Sallai appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 500 BC
    400 BC
  • Sallai
    c. 450 BC

Original word

  • סַלּוּ sallu, sallai, salu
    H5543
Citations
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Where Sallai appears in Scripture

Numbers 25

וְשֵׁם אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל הַמֻּכֶּה אֲשֶׁר הֻכָּה אֶת-הַמִּדְיָנִית זִמְרִי בֶּן-סָלוּא נְשִׂיא בֵֽית-אָב לַשִּׁמְעֹנִֽי׃
14
Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.

1 Chronicles 9

וּמִן-בְּנֵי בִּנְיָמִן סַלּוּא בֶּן-מְשֻׁלָּם בֶּן-הֽוֹדַוְיָה בֶּן-הַסְּנֻאָֽה׃
7
And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,

Nehemiah 11

וְאֵלֶּה בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן סַלֻּא בֶּן-מְשֻׁלָּם בֶּן-יוֹעֵד בֶּן-פְּדָיָה בֶן-קוֹלָיָה בֶן-מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה בֶּן-אִֽיתִיאֵל בֶּן-יְשַֽׁעְיָֽה׃
7
And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.
וְאַֽחֲרָיו גַּבַּי סַלָּי תְּשַׁע מֵאוֹת עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃
8
And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

Nehemiah 12

סַלּוּ עָמוֹק חִלְקִיָּה יְדַֽעְיָה אֵלֶּה רָאשֵׁי הַכֹּֽהֲנִים וַֽאֲחֵיהֶם בִּימֵי יֵשֽׁוּעַ׃
7
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
לְסַלַּי קַלָּי לְעָמוֹק עֵֽבֶר׃
20
Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;