Mount Zalmon
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| Type | mountain |
|---|---|
| Also called | Zalmon |
| Most likely | another name for Mount Ebal (low confidence) |
| Coordinates | 32.234° N, 35.273° E |
| Mentioned in | 1 verse |
| First mention | Judges 9:48 |
Mount Zalmon is a mountain named in 1 verse of the Bible. It is most likely another name for Mount Ebal (low confidence; 3 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| another name for Mount Ebal | low (26%) | 32.234° N, 35.273° E |
| another name for Mount Gerizim | low (19%) | 32.199° N, 35.273° E |
| Jebel el Kabir | very low (6%) | 32.226° N, 35.356° E |
| Jebel Salman | very low (4%) | 32.169° N, 35.237° E |
Verses
Judges
- Judges 9:48And 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.he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.