BISHLAM bĭsh’ ləm (בִּשְׁלָ֜ם, peaceful [?]). One of three men who wrote a letter of complaint against the Jews to Artaxerxes, the king of Persia (Ezra 4:7; 1 Esd 2:16; KJV, ASV BELEMUS). The LXX renders the word bishlam “in peace.” It has also been suggested that bishlam is a corruption of an original בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם, meaning “against Jerusalem.” The letter really was against the Jews in Jerusalem and complained that the Jews were rebuilding the city.