SHALMAN shal’ mən (שַֽׁלְמַ֛ן). Mentioned in Hosea 10:14 as the person who sacked Betharbel. Possibly a reference to Shalmaneser V, the Assyrian king who besieged Samaria 725-723, b.c., although Shalmaneser’s name is written out in full elsewhere. Less likely is the suggestion that Shalman is to be equated with the Moabite King Shalamanu, mentioned in Assyrian records.