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zalmon

zalmon


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Zalmon 
  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}.) 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Zalmon,  his  shade;  his  image