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Ilai

Also called Zalmon

Mentioned in 1054 BC traditional (Jones)

An Ahohite, one of David’s chief warriors (1 Chr. 11:29); called also Zalmon (2 Sam. 23:28).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Tagged in
2 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Places

Places named in the same verses as Ilai, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. possible location: Netophah1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1079–1029 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 3 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

2 tagged verses in 2 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. 2 Samuel1
  2. 1 Chronicles1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBIlai 1Zalmon 3
KJVIlai 1Zalmon 2
ASVIlai 1Zalmon 3

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 2 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

2 Samuel1 verse
  1. 23:28

    Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,

1 Chronicles1 verse
  1. 11:29

    Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

An Ahohite, one of David’s chief warriors (1 Chr. 11:29); called also Zalmon (2 Sam. 23:28).