This document is about Shallum (son of Tikvah). For other homonyms, please refer to the Shallum document.
He was the keeper of the wardrobe in the palace during the reign of King Josiah of Judah, and the husband of the prophetess Huldah.
2 Kings 22:14So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter. They spoke with her.
He is also recorded as the son of Tokhath.
2 Chronicles 34:22So Hilkiah and those the king sent went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter. They spoke with her.