Topic
Zalmon
5 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 2 Samuel 23:28Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. One of David' s warriors
Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
- Judges 9:48Easton · Nave 1. Also called SALMON, probably — A hill in Samaria
And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye…
- Psalms 68:14ISBE · Nave 1. Also called SALMON, probably — A hill in Samaria
When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
- Judges 9:46ISBE
¶ And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
- 1 Chronicles 11:29Easton
Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
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.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
zal'-mon (tsalmon; Selmon, oros Ermon; the King James Version Salmon (Ps 68:14)):
(1) From the slopes of Mt. Zalmon, Abimelech and his followers gathered the wood with which they burned down "the stronghold of the house of El-berith," which may have been the citadel of Shechem (Jud 9:46). The mountain therefore was not far from the city; but no name resembling this has yet been recovered in Mt. Ephraim. It is just possible that in the modern Arabic name of Mt. Ebal, es-Sulemiyeh, there may be an echo of Zalmon. It is precisely to this mountain, especially to the western slopes, that one would expect Abimelech and his people to go for the purpose in view. The name occurs again in Ps 68:14, a passage of admitted difficulty. Snow in Palestine is mainly associated with Mt. Hermon, where it may be seen nearly all the year round; hence, doubtless the Greek reading "Mt. Hermon" in Judges. But snow is well known among the uplands in winter; and the Psalmist may simply have meant that the kings were scattered like snowflakes in the wind on Mt. Zalmon. We need not therefore look to Bashan or elsewhere for the mountain. The locality is fixed by the narrative in Jgs.
(2) One of David's heroes (2Sa 23:28).
See ILAI.
W. Ewing
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Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.