Zalmon

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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" ( Judges 9:48 ). Probably the southern peak of Gerizim, now called Jebel Sulman. (See Salmon .)

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Zalmon'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/z/zalmon.html. 1897.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Zalmon . 1 . The hill near Shechem where Abimelech and his followers cut wood for the burning down of the stronghold of Baal-berith (  Judges 9:48 ). Possibly the same mountain is meant in   Psalms 68:14 , where a snowstorm is apparently referred to as contributing to the scattering of ‘kings’ opposed to the people of Jehovah. As the Psalm refers to incidents of wars not related in the canonical books, we have to look to the times of the Maccabees; and the most obvious allusion is to the retreat of the army of Tryphon in b.c. 143, when he attempted to relieve the Syrian garrison in Jerusalem and was prevented by a heavy fall of snow ( 1Ma 13:22 ). 2 . See Ilai.

J. F. McCurdy.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Judges 9:48-49 2 2 Samuel 23:28 1 Chronicles 11:29 3 Psalm 68:14

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Zalmon ( Zăl'Mon ), Shady , Mount, a hill near Shechem,  Judges 9:48. the same as Salmon.  Psalms 68:14 R. V., "Zalmon."

Morrish Bible Dictionary

An Ahobite, one of David's mighty men.  2 Samuel 23:28 . Apparently called ILAI in  1 Chronicles 11:29 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Zal'mon. (Shady). An Ahohite, one of David's guard.  2 Samuel 23:28.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

An Ahohite, of David's guard ( 2 Samuel 23:28); in  1 Chronicles 11:29, Ilai.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

zal´mon ( צלמון , calmōn  ; Σελμών , Selmṓn , ὄρος Ἐρμών , óros Ermṓn  ; the King James Version Salmon (  Psalm 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 ( Judges 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 - Sūlēmı̄yeh , 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  Psalm 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 ( 2 Samuel 23:28 ). See Ilai .

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Zal´mon, a mountain in Samaria near to Shechem (). Many suppose this to be the same with the Zalmon of : 'where the Almighty scattered kings in it (the land), there was snow as in Zalmon;' i.e. the fields were whitened with the bones of the slain.