Hashum was an ancestor of exiles who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon.
his sons (descendants) returned to Judah after captivity (EZR 2:19)
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silence; their hasting
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· Also called · H2828 none · EZR 2:19 broad-nosed
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chashum · H2828 · EZR 2:19 broad-nosed
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Hashum is mentioned as an ancestor of a group of exiles who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian captivity. In the lists of returnees recorded in Ezra and Nehemiah, the descendants of Hashum are numbered at 223 (Ezr 2:19) and 328 (Neh 7:22) respectively. Later, in the time of Ezra, some of the descendants of Hashum were found to have married foreign women and pledged to put them away (Ezr 10:33). No further information about Hashum is provided in the Bible. (Ezr 2:19; 10.33; Neh 7:22).
Sources: BibleData (CC BY 4.0, Hashum_1) · STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0, Hashum@Ezr.2.19-Neh) · Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0, hashum_1446)