Place · City
Salem
Named in 4 verses across 3 books, first in Psalms 76:2.
The dataset treats this record as another name for, or a duplicate of, Jerusalem.
In the Bible
All 1 verse in Psalms, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Psalms
- Psalms 76:2
His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
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Peace, commonly supposed to be another name of Jerusalem (Gen. 14:18; Ps. 76:2; Heb. 7:1, 2).