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Zalmon

Name meaning: his shade; his image (Hitchcock)

Shady. (1.) One of David’s warriors, called the Ahohite (2 Sam. 23:28); called also Ilai (1 Chr. 11:29).

(2.) A wood near Shechem, from which Abimelech and his party brought boughs and “put them to the hold” of Shechem, “and set the hold on fire” (Judg. 9:48). Probably the southern peak of Gerizim, now called Jebel Sulman. (See SALMON.)

Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain

Key verses

Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(shady), an Ahohite one of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:28)

a wooded eminence in the immediate neighborhood of Shechem. (Judges 9:48) The name of Dalmanutha has been supposed to be a corruption of that of Zalmon.

Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain

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