Almon

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Joshua 21:181 Chronicles 6:60

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 6:60

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ALMON . See Allemeth.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Joshua 21:18 . See ALEMETH.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Al'mon. (concealed). A city within the tribe of Benjamin, with "suburbs" given to the priests. Joshua 21:18. See Alemeth.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

al´mon ( עלמון , 'almōn , "hidden"): A L evitical city in the tribe of Benjamin (Joshua 21:18 ), the same as "Allemeth" the Revised Version (British and American), "Alemeth" the King James Version, of 1 Chronicles 6:60 (which see).

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Al´mon, one of the three cities which belonged to the priests in the tribe of Benjamin (Joshua 21:18). It is supposed to be the same as the Alemeth of 1 Chronicles 6:60.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrew Almon', עִלְמוֹן , hidden; Sept. Ε᾿λμών v. r. Γάμαλα ), the last named of the four sacerdotal cities of the tribe of Benjamin (Joshua 21:18), called ALEMETH (See Alemeth) (q.v.) in the parallel passage (1 Chronicles 6:60), where it is named second of the three there mentioned; it is omitted in the general list of the Benjamite cities (Joshua 18:21-28). Jarchi and Kimchi, after the Targum of Jonathan, confound it with the BAHURIM (See Bahurim) (q.v.) of 2 Samuel 3:16. Schwarz (Palest. p. 128) says he discovered the ruins of ancient buildings bearing the name Al-Muth, which he regards as Almon, on a hill one mile north-east of the site of Anathoth; doubtless the Almit similarly identified by Dr. Robinson (new ed. of Researches, 3, 287; comp. Tobler, Denkblatter, p. 631). (See Almon-Diblathaim).