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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

bel'-e-mus (Belemos; Balsamus): An officer of King Artaxerxes in Palestine associated with Beeltethmus in hindering the rebuilding of the temple (1 Esdras 2:16): called Bishlam in Ezr 4:7.