Eberhard Schrader theorized that he might be identical with the Shalman who waged war on Israel and sacked Beth-arbel (Hosea x. 14); though other scholars identify Shalman with one of the Assyrian kings named Shalmaneser.
Shalman also spelled as Shilman or Shelman, which is known as Shalman Valley is also a big area near Peshawar District, in Khyber agency, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan.