Encyclopedia entry
Talmon
Disambiguation
The source enumerates 2 distinct subjects under Talmon. Jump to one below, or read in order.
Oppressed.
Talmon (1)
#A Levite porter (1 Chr. 9:17; Neh. 11:19).
Talmon (2)
#One whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:42; Neh. 7:45); probably the same as (1).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(oppressor), the head of a family of door-keepers in the temple, “the porters for the camps of the sons: of Levi.” (1 Chronicles 9:17; Nehemiah 11:19) (B.C. 1013.) Some of his descendants returned with Zerubbabel, (Ezra 2:43; Nehemiah 7:45) and were employed in their hereditary office in the days of Nehemiah and Ezra. (Nehemiah 12:25)
In the Bible
5
Verses where Talmon is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 9:17
These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief;
- Ezra 2:42
The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 139 in all.
- Nehemiah 7:45
The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 138 in all.
- Nehemiah 11:19
And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.
- Nehemiah 12:25
Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.
Scripture on Talmon
5
Entries that reference Talmon
1
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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