Bible Dictionary

Talmon

Oppressed. (1.) A Levite porter (1 Chr. 9:17; Neh. 11:19). (2.) One whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:42; Neh. 7:45); probably the same as (1).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Oppressed. ) A Levite porter (1 Chr. 9:17; Neh. 11:19). ) One whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:42; Neh. 7:45); probably the same as (1).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

) Some of his descendants returned with Zerubbabel, (Ezra 2:43; Nehemiah 7:45) and were employed in their hereditary office in the days of Nehemiah and Ezra.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

TAL'MON (oppressed), a Levite, one of the head-doorkeepers in the temple, whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel. 1 Chr 9:17; Ezr 2:42; Neh 7:45; Josh 11:19; Neh 12:25.