Zalmonah was one of the wilderness stations listed in the itinerary of Israel's journey from Egypt toward Canaan. Numbers places it between Mount Hor and Punon.
The site belongs to the later portion of Israel's wilderness journey as the people traveled through territory associated with Edom and the Arabah.
The precise location of Zalmonah is unknown, and proposed identifications remain dependent upon reconstructions of the Exodus itinerary.
Numbers 33 records that after departing from Mount Hor, Israel camped at Zalmonah. From Zalmonah the Israelites traveled to Punon and then onward toward Oboth.
The itinerary places Zalmonah after the death of Aaron at Mount Hor and during Israel's movement toward the Transjordanian approach to Canaan.
The passage provides no additional narrative concerning events specifically occurring at Zalmonah.
Zalmonah is known principally from the wilderness itinerary preserved in Numbers 33.
Its position between Mount Hor and Punon suggests a location somewhere within the broad region south or southeast of the Dead Sea, depending upon the identification of the surrounding stations.
Because several stations in this portion of the itinerary remain disputed, the location of Zalmonah cannot be established by archaeological evidence at present.
The precise location of Zalmonah is unknown.
Proposed identifications depend heavily upon the locations assigned to Mount Hor, Punon, and the route taken by Israel around Edomite territory.
Zalmonah should not be equated confidently with Dibon. Dibon is a separately known Moabite city considerably farther north and has its own distinct biblical and archaeological history.