Bible Strands
Salmon
the name means clothing Strong's Lexicon
Salmon (or Sala) was the son of Nahshon and husband of Rahab - an ancestor of King David and Jesus Christ.
From 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.
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
Family
Parents
Nahshon
Partners
Rahab
Children
Boaz
From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.
First named at Ruth 4:20.
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Verses that name Salmon
- Ruth 4:20 Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, Nahshon was the father of Salmon,
- Ruth 4:21 Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
- 1 Chronicles 2:11 Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.
- Matthew 1:4 Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.
- Matthew 1:5 Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
- Luke 3:32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,