Talmon was a Levite who served as a gatekeeper at the temple in Jerusalem. He is mentioned among the Levitical gatekeepers who returned from the Babylonian exile and resumed their service at the rebuilt temple. His family and descendants continued to serve as gatekeepers for several generations.
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Listed among the gatekeepers who returned from exile
Talmon is mentioned among the Levitical gatekeepers who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon with Zerubbabel and the first group of returnees.
42The sons of the gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, and the sons of Shobai, 139 in all.
Talmon is mentioned in 1 Chronicles among the Levitical gatekeepers who were responsible for guarding the temple gates, a service that traced back to David's organization.
Talmon and his brothers had the duty of keeping watch at the thresholds, an important service to protect the holiness of the sanctuary and control who was allowed entry.
19Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his ancestral house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, guarding the thresholds of the tent, just as their fathers had guarded the entrance to the camp of the LORD.
22All those chosen as gatekeepers at the thresholds numbered 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their trusted office.