Shillem
Son of Naphtali
Also known as: Shillem, Shallum
Shillem was the fourth and youngest son of Naphtali, who was the son of Jacob and Bilhah. He was one of the seventy people in Jacob's family who went down to Egypt. His descendants became known as the Shillemites.
Family
Key events
Mentioned as a son of Naphtali
Shillem is listed as one of the four sons of Naphtali in the family tree of Jacob's household.
24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
וּבְנֵ֖י נַפְתָּלִ֑י יַחְצְאֵ֥ל וְגוּנִ֖י וְיֵ֥צֶר וְשִׁלֵּֽם׃
Jacob's family goes to Egypt
Shillem was among the seventy members of Jacob's household who traveled to Egypt to live there during the famine, when Joseph was vizier in Egypt.
24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
וּבְנֵ֖י נַפְתָּלִ֑י יַחְצְאֵ֥ל וְגוּנִ֖י וְיֵ֥צֶר וְשִׁלֵּֽם׃
27With the two sons born to Joseph in Egypt, the persons of Jacob's household who came to Egypt numbered seventy.
וּבְנֵ֥י יוֹסֵ֛ף אֲשֶׁר־יֻלַּד־ל֥וֹ בְמִצְרַ֖יִם נֶ֣פֶשׁ שְׁנָ֑יִם כָּל־הַנֶּ֧פֶשׁ לְבֵֽית־יַעֲקֹ֛ב הַבָּ֥אָה מִצְרַ֖יְמָה שִׁבְעִֽים׃ פ
The Sons of Naphtali in Numbers
Shillem is mentioned again as a son of Naphtali in the census in the wilderness, and his descendants are called the clan of the Shillemites.
49from Jezer, the Jezerite clan; from Shillem, the Shillemite clan.
לְיֵ֕צֶר מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַיִּצְרִ֑י לְשִׁלֵּ֕ם מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַשִּׁלֵּמִֽי׃
Mentioned in 1 Chronicles
Shillem (also called Shallum) is listed among the sons of Naphtali in the genealogies of Chronicles.
13The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum — the descendants of Bilhah.
בְּנֵ֣י נַפְתָּלִ֗י יַחֲצִיאֵ֧ל וְגוּנִ֛י וְיֵ֥צֶר וְשַׁלּ֖וּם בְּנֵ֥י בִלְהָֽה׃ פ