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Zalmon

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: Z

By: James P. Boyd

(shade). (1) The Ahohite who was one of David’s guard (2 Sam. 23:28²⁸Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, (2 Samuel 23:28)). Ilai (1 Chron. 11:29²⁹Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, (1 Chronicles 11:29)). (2) A wooded eminence near Shechem (Judg. 9:47-49⁴⁷And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. ⁴⁸And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done. ⁴⁹And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women. (Judges 9:47‑49)).

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