Etam (Judges 15)
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Other places named Etam: Etam (1 Chronicles 4), Etam (2 Chronicles 11).
| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Most likely | Arak Ismain (high confidence) |
| Coordinates | 31.764° N, 35.026° E |
| Mentioned in | 2 verses |
| First mention | Judges 15:8 |
Etam (Judges 15) is a settlement named in 2 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Arak Ismain (high confidence; 2 other proposals 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.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Arak Ismain | high (82%) | 31.764° N, 35.026° E |
| Bayt Itab | very low (0%) | 31.735° N, 35.053° E |
| another name for Etam (2 Chronicles 11) | very low (-27%) | 31.685° N, 35.179° E |
Verses
Judges
- Judges 15:8And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
- Judges 15:11Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.