Talmai

King of Geshur; father of David's wife Maacah

A written article for Talmai is still to come. Below and alongside: where Talmai appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1200 BC
    1000 BC
  • Talmai
    1053 BC to 1030 BC

Original word

  • תַּלְמַי talmai
    H8526
Relationships
Father: Ammihud Daughter: Maacah Member of: Genealogy of Jesus
Citations
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Where Talmai appears in Scripture

Numbers 13

וַיַּֽעֲלוּ בַנֶּגֶב וַיָּבֹא עַד-חֶבְרוֹן וְשָׁם אֲחִימַן שֵׁשַׁי וְתַלְמַי יְלִידֵי הָֽעֲנָק וְחֶבְרוֹן שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים נִבְנְתָה לִפְנֵי צֹעַן מִצְרָֽיִם׃
22
And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Joshua 15

וַיֹּרֶשׁ מִשָּׁם כָּלֵב אֶת-שְׁלוֹשָׁה בְּנֵי הָֽעֲנָק אֶת-שֵׁשַׁי וְאֶת-אֲחִימַן וְאֶת-תַּלְמַי יְלִידֵי הָֽעֲנָֽק׃
14
And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

Judges 1

וַיֵּלֶךְ יְהוּדָה אֶל-הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הַיּוֹשֵׁב בְּחֶבְרוֹן וְשֵׁם-חֶבְרוֹן לְפָנִים קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע וַיַּכּוּ אֶת-שֵׁשַׁי וְאֶת-אֲחִימַן וְאֶת-תַּלְמָֽי׃
10
And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

2 Samuel 3

וּמִשְׁנֵהוּ כִלְאָב ‫(לאביגל)‬ לַאֲֽבִיגַיִל אֵשֶׁת נָבָל הַֽכַּרְמְלִי וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁי אַבְשָׁלוֹם בֶּֽן-מַעֲכָה בַּת-תַּלְמַי מֶלֶךְ גְּשֽׁוּר׃
3
And 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

וְאַבְשָׁלוֹם בָּרַח וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶל-תַּלְמַי בֶּן-‫(עמיחור)‬ עַמִּיהוּד מֶלֶךְ גְּשׁוּר וַיִּתְאַבֵּל עַל-בְּנוֹ כָּל-הַיָּמִֽים׃
37
But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

1 Chronicles 3

הַשְּׁלִשִׁי לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם בֶּֽן-מַעֲכָה בַּת-תַּלְמַי מֶלֶךְ גְּשׁוּר הָֽרְבִיעִי אֲדֹֽנִיָּה בֶן-חַגִּֽית׃
2
The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: