1)

Who is Shalum?

1.

Rashi (from Horiyos 12a): He is Tzidkiyah. It says "ha'Revi'i Shalum" (Divrei ha'Yamim I, 3:15) because he was the fourth son of Yoshiyah to reign (he was the third son born to Yoshiyah). Yeho'achaz, Yehoyakim and Yehoyachin (ben Yehoyakim) reigned before him.

2.

Radak: He is Yehoyachin (ben Yehoyakim). He is called Ben Yoshiyah, for grandsons are like sons.

3.

Ibn Ezra: He is Yeho'achaz. He died in Egypt. Radak - I explained this in Sefer Melachim and Divrei ha'Yamim (refer to Melachim II, 23:30:5:3*).

4.

Malbim: He is the fourth son of Yoshiyah (Divrei ha'Yamim I, 3:15). Even though he never reigned, it says "ha'Molech" for he was proper to reign 1 , and this is why he left (Nebuchadnetzar exiled him, lest he contest Tzidkiyah's kingship).


1

Why should he reign before Tzidkiyah? Perhaps Malbim holds that he was born before Tzidkiyah; Tzidkiyah is listed before him, for Yoshiyah's sons are listed in order of when they became king. (PF)

2)

Did Shalum leave now?

1.

Rashi: No. He prophesizes about him, as if he already left.

2.

Malbim: Yes.

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