A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.17 § Talmon = "oppressor" 1) the head of a family of doorkeepers in the temple; some of his descendants returned from exile with Zerubbabel and were employed in their hereditary office in the days of Nehemiah and Ezra 1a) possibly two other doorkeepers in the time of Nehemiah
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H2929 — טַלְמוֹן
tal.mon · Talmon · Hebrew/Aramaic
5 tagged verse occurrences
1 Chronicles 9:17 · וְטַלְמֹ֖ןAnd the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren (Shallum was the chief),Ezra 2:42 · טַלְמ֣וֹןThe children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all a hundred thirty and nine.Nehemiah 7:45 · טַלְמֹ֣ןThe porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred thirty and eight.Nehemiah 11:19 · טַלְמ֔וֹןMoreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, that kept watch at the gates, were a hundred seventy and two.Nehemiah 12:25 · טַלְמ֣וֹןMattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the store-houses of the gates.