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Talmon

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(tal' mahn) Personal name meaning, “brightness.” 1. Levite whom David and Samuel appointed a gatekeeper (1 Chronicles 9:17 ), ancestor of a family of Temple gatekeepers who returned from Exile (Ezra 2:42; Nehemiah 7:45 ); 2 . Leader of the postexilic gatekeepers (Nehemiah 11:19; Nehemiah 12:25 ).

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Talmon'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​t/talmon.html. 1991.
 
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