Zalmon
Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)
(shady), an Ahohite one of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:28)
Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)
a wooded eminence in the immediate neighborhood of Shechem. (Judges 9:48) The name of Dalmanutha has been supposed to be a corruption of that of Zalmon.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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.)
See also: salmon
Public-domain reference works, shown as published. They are historical and may differ from current scholarship; Aide names the interpretive tradition where it matters in the Lens and classes.