How to Pronounce Zalmon

What does Zalmon mean?

Zalmon means “his shade; his image”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Where was 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.)

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

Found in Scripture

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