Every Name in Tanakh

שַׁלְמַנְאֶסֶר Shalmaneser

Every verse in which this name stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 681×2 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

An Assyrian king. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at 2 Kings 17:3 and last at 2 Kings 18:9.

2 Kings 17:3מלכים ב יז:ג

עָלָיו עָלָה שַׁלְמַנְאֶסֶר מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וַֽיְהִי־לוֹ הוֹשֵׁעַ עֶבֶד וַיָּשֶׁב לוֹ מִנְחָֽה

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

2 Kings 18:9מלכים ב יח:ט

וַֽיְהִי בַּשָּׁנָה הָֽרְבִיעִית לַמֶּלֶךְ חִזְקִיָּהוּ הִיא הַשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁבִיעִית לְהוֹשֵׁעַ בֶּן־אֵלָה מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל עָלָה שַׁלְמַנְאֶסֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר עַל־שֹׁמְרוֹן וַיָּצַר עָלֶֽיהָ

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.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Shalmaneser?

Shalmaneser — שלמנאסר in Hebrew — has a gematria of 681 in the standard method.

How many times is Shalmaneser named in the Tanakh?

2 times, first at 2 Kings 17:3.

A spelling is not a name. The written word שלמנאסר stands 2 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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