Bible Dictionary
ALLOM
Allom was a family of Solomon’s servants whose descendants returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. The name appears in a post-exilic list.
Definition
Allom, or Allon, was one of the families of Solomon’s servants whose descendants returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel.
Biblical Usage
The family appears in the list of those returning in the First Return.
Historical Background
The name is absent from the parallel lists in Ezra and Nehemiah and is not probably identical with their final names, Ami and Amon.
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>al'-om (Allon): the Revised Version (British and American) ALLON (which see): One of the families of the "servants of Solomon," whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon in the First Return, 537 BC (/APC 1Esdras 5:34). The name is not found in the parallel lists of Ezra and Nehemiah, although some have tried to identify with the last name of each list, Ami of Ezr 2:57, and Amon of Ne 7:59. This is not probable.</p>