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What is Adullam?
        ADUL'LAM
        (justice of the people, or biding, or resting-place), a cave not far from Bethlehem in which David hid. 1 Sam 22:1; 2 Sam 23:13; 1 Chron 11:15. Tradition has located it in Wady Khureitun, east of Bethlehem. The cave is said to be well fitted for a robbers' hold, being dry and airy and full of intricate passages. The greatest length of this cave is 550 feet. Lieut. Conder, however, places the cave of Adullam in the valley of Elah, not far from the city of Adullam, about 13 miles west from Bethlehem. Near it are numerous caverns, each as large as an ordinary cottage, which would give room for David and his band. He states that the great caverns at Beit Jibrin, which some have regarded as the cave of Adullam, are damp, cold, and full of bats and creeping things, and carefully avoided by the cave-dwelling peasants, while the smaller caves north and west of Adullam are almost constantly in use, and are from their position strong and defensible. A row of these caves has been found north and west of the city of Adullam capable of holding 200 to 300 men. M. Ganneau first suggested this location in 1872, from the resemblance of the modern name Aid el-Ma, and it seems to answer the requirements of the Scripture narrative.


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Schaff, Philip, Dr. "Biblical Definition for 'adullam' in Schaffs Bible Dictionary".
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