Talmai
תַּלְמַי · tal.may · H8526H“my furrow; that suspends the waters; heap of waters” Hitchcock's 18693 mentions in 2 books, most in 2 Samuel (2)
Who he was
Talmai is mentioned in 2 Samuel 3:3 and 1 Chronicles 3:2 as the father of Maacah, who was one of David's wives and the mother of Absalom. Talmai was the king of Geshur, an Aramean city-state to the northeast of Israel. After Absalom murdered his half-brother Amnon, he fled to Geshur and stayed with his grandfather King Talmai for three years before Joab brought about his reconciliation with David (2 Samuel 13:37).
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Every mention
3 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
2 Samuel 2 mentions
2 Samuel 3:3and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;2 Samuel 13:37But Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son every day.
1 Chronicles 1 mention
What the dictionary says
Abounding in furrows.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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- STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain