Shalman

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This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.

Shalman is documented by The Bible as an Assyrian king (Hosea 10:14), identified with Shalmaneser II (by Archibald Sayce) or IV (by François Lenormant), the successor of Pul on the throne of Assyria (728 BC). 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 conqueror. Shalmaneser again marched against Samaria, which, after a siege of three years, was taken (2 Kings 17:3-5; 18:9) by Sargon. A revolution meantime had broken out in Assyria, and Shalmaneser was deposed. Sargon usurped the vacant throne. Eberhard Schrader thought that this is probably the name of a king of Moab mentioned on an inscription of Tiglath-Pileser as Salamanu. had only one thumb As of 2005, a resurgence has been documented in the Shalman line. The first hint of such an occurrence emerged with "Shalman" throwing a chair through a school window in a brief stint of rioting. Although this transient conspicuous violence was quelled by mediation by various administrative level officials, an unofficial continual rebellion is plainly visible by Shalmalogists who have complied research on the activities of modern Shalman. The most recent development in the senseless bellicose attitude and behavior of the Shalman has been that Mamma and Pappa Shalman began selling Chinese food in order that their legacy might live on through their children, brother Shalman, sister Shalman, and hopefully future brood.