CHELMON, a City opposite to EsdraelonJudith vii. 3.; near unto which, part of Holofernes’s Army was encamped before he went, and laid siege to Bethulia. Chelmon is perhaps the same with Salmon mentioned in Ps. lxviii. 15. and Judg. ix. 48.the Psalms, and elsewhere; or Cedmon, or lastly Belmon or Cyamon, as the Greek has it, Judith vii. 3. or Cammon spoken of by Eusebius, and placed by him seven Miles from Legio, towards the North.
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