ZALMONAH

zal-mo'na (tsalmonah, "gloomy"): A desert camp of the Israelites, the first after Mt. Hor (Numbers 33:41-42). The name "suggests some gloomy valley leading up to the Edomite plateau."

See WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL .

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.