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People of the Bible

Salmon

also called Salma · Genealogy of Jesus · Tribe of Judah

Family

Father
Nahshon
Children
Boaz

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Shady; or Zalmon (q.v.), a hill covered with dark forests, south of Shechem, from which Abimelech and his men gathered wood to burn that city (Judg. 9:48). In Ps. 68:14 the change from war to peace is likened to snow on the dark mountain, as some interpret the expression. Others suppose the words here mean that the bones of the slain left unburied covered the land, so that it seemed to be white as if covered with snow. The reference, however, of the psalm is probably to Josh. 11 and 12. The scattering of the kings and their followers is fitly likened unto the snow-flakes rapidly falling on the dark Salmon. It is the modern Jebel Suleiman.

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 6 verses

Ruth
4:20, 4:21
1 Chronicles
2:11
Matthew
1:4, 1:5
Luke
3:32

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.