Adullam

Adullam in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(justice of the people), Apocr. ODOLLAM, a city of Judah int he lowland of the Shefelah, Jos 15:35 the seat of a Canaanite king, Jos 12:15 and evidently a place of great antiquity. Ge 38:1,12,20 Fortified by Rehoboam, 2Ch 11:7 it was one of the towns reoccupied by the Jews after their return from Babylon, Ne 11:30 and still a city in the time of t...

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Adullam Scripture - 2 Chronicles 11:7

And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,...

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ADULLAM in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

a-dul'-am (`adhullam): (1) A city, with dependencies, and in ancient times having a king, mentioned five times in the Old Testament, each time in a list with other cities (Josh 12:15; 15:35; 2 Ch 11:7; Mic 1:15; Neh 11:30). In the list of 31 kings whom Joshua smote, Adullam follows Hormah, Arad, Libnah, and precedes Makkedah. Among the 14 Judahite ...

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Adullam Scripture - Nehemiah 11:30

Zanoah, Adullam, and [in] their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and [in] the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom....

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Adullam Scripture - 2 Samuel 23:13

And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim....

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Adullam in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A city in the shephelah, or low country between the hill country of Judah and the sea; very ancient (Genesis 38:1; Genesis 38:12; Genesis 38:20); the seat of one of the 31 petty king smitten by Joshua (Joshua 12:15). Fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:7) Called for its beauty "the glory of Israel" (Micah 1:15). Reoccupied on the return from Bah...

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Adullam Scripture - 1 Chronicles 11:15

Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim....

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Adullam Scripture - Joshua 12:15

The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;...

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Adullam Scripture - 1 Samuel 22:1

David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard [it], they went down thither to him....

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Adullam in Hitchcock's Bible Names

Their testimony; their prey; their ornament...

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