Reference: Telem

oppression. (1.) A porter of the temple in the time of Ezra (Ezr 10:24).

(2.) A town in the southern border of Judah (Jos 15:24); probably the same as Telaim.

A city in the extreme S. of Judah (Jos 15:24). (See TELAIM.) Conjectured to be Kubbet el Baul, bordering on the Dhullam Arabs.

1. A gatekeeper who had married a foreign wife (Ezr 10:24); called in 1Es 9:25 Tolbanes; perhaps the same as Talmon of Ne 12:25. 2. See Telaim.

Tel'em

1. City in the extreme south of Judah. Jos 15:24.

2. One who had married a strange wife. Ezr 10:24.

Te'lem

(oppression).

1. One of the cities in the extreme south of Judah,

Jos 15:24

probably the same as Telaim. The name Dhullam is found in Van de Velde's map, attached to a district immediately to the north of the Kubbet el-Baul, south of el Milh and Ar'arah --a position very suitable.

2. A porter or doorkeeper of the temple in the time of Ezra.

Ezr 10:24

He is probably the same as TALMON in

See Talmon

Ne 12:25