Bible Names

Shalmaneser: meaning of the name

Shalmaneser means “peace; tied; chained; perfection; retribution.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Who named Shalmaneser in the Bible

Shalmaneser in Scripture

“Shalmaneser” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • 2 Kings 17:3

    Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.

  • 2 Kings 18:9

    And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.