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Place

Zalmon

Also known as Salmon

Named in 1 verse, first in Psalms 68:14.

The dataset treats this record as another name for, or a duplicate of, Mount Zalmon.

In the Bible

All 1 verse, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Psalms

  • Psalms 68:14

    When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was like the snow falling on Zalmon.

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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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.

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