Salmon (biblical figure)

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Lunette in the Sistine Chapel of Salmon with Boaz and Obed.

Salmon is a person in the Hebrew Bible.

His name can be pronounced Salmon or Salmah.

He is the son of Nahshon, and married with Rahab of Jericho, by whom he had Boaz. Salmon is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 2:10-11; Ruth 4:20,21.Matthew 1:4

According to The Exodus, of those who were at least twenty years of age when leaving Egypt, only Caleb and Joshua would cross the Jordan River.

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  • Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible 1832