Adullam

Adullam is a settlement named in 9 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Khirbet esh Sheikh Madhkur (high confidence; 1 other proposal below).

Location

Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.

Verses

Genesis

• Genesis 38:1
  And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.

Joshua

• Joshua 12:15
  The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
• Joshua 15:35
  Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,

1 Samuel

• 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.So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.

2 Samuel

• 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.At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

1 Chronicles

• 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.Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 11:7
  And Beth–zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,

Nehemiah

• 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 Beer–sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom.

Micah

• Micah 1:15
  Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.

Notes

1. Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
2. Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.