Easton's Bible Dictionary Shady. (1.) One of David's warriors, called the Ahohite (2 Samuel 23:28); called also Ilai (1 Chronicles 11:29). (2.) A wood near Shechem, from which Abimelech and his party brought boughs and "put them to the hold" of Shechem, "and set the hold on fire" (Judges 9:48). Probably the southern peak of Gerizim, now called Jebel Sulman. (see SALMON.) Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ZALMON zal'-mon (tsalmon; Selmon, oros Ermon; the King James Version Salmon (Psalm 68:14)): (1) From the slopes of Mt. Zalmon, Abimelech and his followers gathered the wood with which they burned down "the stronghold of the house of El-berith," which may have been the citadel of Shechem (Judges 9:46). The mountain therefore was not far from the city; but no name resembling this has yet been recovered in Mt. Ephraim. It is just possible that in the modern Arabic name of Mt. Ebal, es-Sulemiyeh, there may be an echo of Zalmon. It is precisely to this mountain, especially to the western slopes, that one would expect Abimelech and his people to go for the purpose in view. The name occurs again in Psalm 68:14, a passage of admitted difficulty. Snow in Palestine is mainly associated with Mt. Hermon, where it may be seen nearly all the year round; hence, doubtless the Greek reading "Mt. Hermon" in Judges. But snow is well known among the uplands in winter; and the Psalmist may simply have meant that the kings were scattered like snowflakes in the wind on Mt. Zalmon. We need not therefore look to Bashan or elsewhere for the mountain. The locality is fixed by the narrative in Judges. (2) One of David's heroes (2 Samuel 23:28). See ILAI. W. Ewing

Multi-Version Concordance Zalmon (3 Occurrences) Judges 9:48 Abimelech got him up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder: and he said to the people who were with him, "What you have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done!" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 2 Samuel 23:28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Psalms 68:14 When the Almighty scattered kings in her, it snowed on Zalmon. (WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)