Adullam

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Easton, Matthew George (1897). Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). Nelson and Sons. : Missing or empty |title= ( help ) Adullam is a region of Israel near the Valley of Elah (to the south of Bet Shemesh ), west of Gush Etzion. The villages of Aderet , Neve Michael / Roglit , and Aviezer are located here. In the 1950's there were plans to set up Adullam as a formal political/economic region, on the model of Lachish , but the plans were not carried out. Plans from the 1960's called for a Moshav called Adullam to be established, contiguous with Moshav Aderet, but this plan too did not materialize, and the preliminary legal framework for Moshav Adullam was dismantled a few years ago. Adullam was also one of the royal cities of the Canaanites ( Joshua 12:15; 15:35) referred to in the Hebrew Bible . It stood near the highway which later became the Roman road in the Valley of Elah , the scene of David 's memorable victory over Goliath (1 Sam. 17:2), and not far from Gath . It was one of the towns which Rehoboam fortified against Egypt ( 2 Chronicles 11:7). Micah calls it "the glory of Israel" ( Micah 1:15). I Samuel refers to the Cave of Adullam , and reports that David, when he had been expelled from the court of King Saul , there gathered together "every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented" (1 Sam. 22:2). According to tradition this cave was at Wadi Khureitun, between Bethlehem and the Dead Sea , but there is little evidence for this view. However, the site at ' Aid-el-ma , about 4 km south of the Valley of Elah , and about 20 miles west from Bethlehem, is now more commonly accepted. At this place is a hill some 140 m high pierced with numerous caverns, some of them large enough to hold 200 or 300 men. An Adullamite can mean an inhabitant of Adullam, and the word is used in this sense in Genesis 38:1, 12, 20. However, by reference to the passage in 1 Samuel mentioned above, it has come to mean someone who is plotting against the established leadership of a political party or other group, a group of such plotters being called a Cave of Adullam. John Bright described a 19th century plot within the leadership of the United Kingdom Liberal Party , directed against the 1866 Reform Bill, in these terms (see Adullamites ).

Adullam ( ) is an ancient ruin, built upon a hilltop overlooking the Elah Valley , south of Bet Shemesh in Israel . In the late 19th century, the town was still in ruins, and called by its Arabic corruption, `Aîd el Mâ . The hilltop is mostly flat, with cisterns carved into the rock. The remains of stone structures which once stood there can still be seen. Sedimentary layers of ruins from the old Canaanite and Israelite eras, mostly potsherds, are noticeable everywhere, although olive groves now grow atop of this hill, enclosed within stone hedges. The villages of Aderet , Neve Michael / Roglit , and Aviezer are located nearby. Access to the site may be obtained by passing through the cooperative small holder's agricultural villages ( Moshavim ) of Aderet or Neve Michael (known also as Roglit). The ruin lies at a distance of ca. 2 kilometers south of Moshav Neve Michael . The pine-covered hill of Adullam, seen from its north-west side Conder & Kitchener, The Survey of Western Palestine , vol.

Khirbet 'Eîd el Mieh , stone water trough (at the lower site) Adullam ( ) is an ancient ruin, formerly known by the Arabic appellation ʿAīd el Mâ (or `Eîd el Mieh ), built upon a hilltop overlooking the Elah Valley , south of Bet Shemesh in Israel . In the late 19th century, the town was still in ruins. The hilltop ruin is also known by the name Khurbet esh-Sheikh Madkour , named after Madkour, one of the sons of the Sultan Beder, for whom is built a shrine ( wely ) and formerly called by its inhabitants Wely Madkour . The hilltop is mostly flat, with cisterns carved into the rock. The remains of stone structures which once stood there can still be seen. Sedimentary layers of ruins from the old Canaanite and Israelite eras, mostly potsherds, are noticeable everywhere, although olive groves now grow atop of this hill, enclosed within stone hedges. The villages of Aderet , Neve Michael / Roglit , and Aviezer are located nearby. Access to the site may be obtained by passing through the cooperative small holders' agricultural villages ( Moshavim ) of Aderet or Neve Michael (known also as Roglit). The ruin lies about 3 kilometers south of Moshav Neve Michael . Conder & Kitchener, The Survey of Western Palestine , vol. The ancient ruin is distinguished by its many razed structures lying in a field the size of a football field, interspersed with terebinths, directly alongside a small paved road that runs parallel to the main Roglit - Aderet road: see Survey of Western Palestine , 1878 Map, Map 21: IAA , Wikimedia commons , as surveyed and drawn under the direction of Lieut. Victor Guerin believed that there was once an Upper Adullam and a Lower Adullam. Conder & Kitchener, Survey of Western Palestine , vol.

Archaeological site in Israel Khirbet 'Eîd el Mieh , stone water trough (at the lower site) Adullam ( )( ) is an ancient ruin, once numbered among the thirty-six cities of Canaan whose kings "Joshua and the children of Israel smote" (Joshua 12:7–24) . After that, it fell as an inheritance to the tribe of Judah and was included in the northern division of the lowland ( Shephelah ) cities of the land of Judah (Joshua 15:35) . The connection between Judah and Adullam and its surroundings was actually already established in the patriarchal period, when Judah "went down from his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah" (Genesis 38:1) . At the beginning of the royal period, in the days of King Saul , the area was close to the land of the Philistines , and thus David , fleeing from Saul, sought refuge in the cave of Adullam and made it a place of reconnoitering and organization, both, for him and his men (1 Samuel 22:1–2) . Here, too, the episode took place when three of David's heroes brought him water from the well of Bethlehem and he did not dare to drink it, but "poured it out unto the Lord" (2 Samuel 23:13–17) . It is also learnt from the battle of David and Goliath which took place in the Elah valley , directly adjoining the north-side of the ruin, as well as from the raid of the Philistines into Keilah to the immediate south of Adullam, that Adullam was a frontier city during that period. The current site was formerly known by the Arabic appellation Khurbet esh-Sheikh Madhkur , 9 mi. (15 km.) northeast of Beit Gubrin , and was built upon a hilltop overlooking the Elah valley, straddling the Green Line between Israel and the West Bank , and with its suburban ruin, ʿAīd el Mâ (or ʿEîd el Mieh ), lying directly below it. By the late 19th century, the settlement, which had been a town, was in ruins. The hilltop ruin is named after Madkour, one of the sons of the Sultan Beder, for whom is built a shrine ( wely ) and formerly called by its inhabitants Wely Madkour . The hilltop is mostly flat, with cisterns carved into the rock. The remains of stone structures which once stood there can still be seen. Sedimentary layers of ruins from the old Canaanite and Israelite eras, mostly potsherds , are noticeable everywhere, although olive groves now grow atop of this hill, enclosed within stonewall enclosures. The villages of Aderet , Aviezer and Khirbet al-Deir are located nearby. The ruin lies about 3 km (1.9 mi) south of Moshav Neve Michael . The ancient ruin is distinguished by its many razed structures lying in a field the size of a football field, interspersed with terebinths, directly alongside a small paved road that runs parallel to the main Roglit – Aderet road: see Survey of Western Palestine , 1878 Map, Map 21: IAA , Wikimedia commons , as surveyed and drawn under the direction of Lieut. Victor Guerin believed that there was once an Upper Adullam and a Lower Adullam.

Archaeological site in Israel Khirbet 'Eîd el Mieh , stone water trough (at the lower site) Adullam ( Hebrew : עֲדֻלָּם , romanized : ʿəḏullām , Koine Greek : Οδολλάμ ) is an ancient ruin once numbered among the thirty-six cities of Canaan whose kings "Joshua and the children of Israel smote" (Joshua 12:7–24) . After that, it fell as an inheritance to the tribe of Judah and was included in the northern division of the Shephelah "lowland" cities of the land of Judah (Joshua 15:35) . Adullam is mentioned multiple times in the Hebrew Bible, including events featuring David who took refuge at Adullam, escaping King Saul . At this time Adullam was close to the land of the Philistines . The current site is also known by the Arabic name Khurbet esh-Sheikh Madhkur, 9 mi. (15 km.) northeast of Bayt Jibrin , and was built upon a hilltop overlooking the Elah valley, straddling the Green Line between Israel and the West Bank , and with its suburban ruin, Levantine Arabic : عيد الميا , romanized: ʿeyd el-Miye , lying directly below it. By the late 19th century, the settlement, which had been a town, was in ruins. The hilltop ruin is named after Madkour, one of the sons of the Sultan Beder, for whom is built a shrine ( wely ) and formerly called by its inhabitants Wely Madkour . The hilltop is mostly flat, with cisterns carved into the rock. The remains of stone structures which once stood there can still be seen. Sedimentary layers of ruins from the old Canaanite and Israelite eras, mostly potsherds , are noticeable everywhere, although olive groves now grow atop of this hill, enclosed within stonewall enclosures. The villages of Aderet , Aviezer and Khirbet al-Deir are located nearby. The ruin lies about 3 km (1.9 mi) south of moshav Neve Michael . The site has been surveyed archaeologically and was partially excavated in 2015. The ancient ruin is distinguished by its many razed structures lying in a field the size of a football field, interspersed with terebinths, directly alongside a small paved road that runs parallel to the main Roglit – Aderet road: see Survey of Western Palestine , 1878 Map, Map 21: IAA , Wikimedia commons , as surveyed and drawn under the direction of Lieut. Victor Guerin believed that there was once an Upper Adullam and a Lower Adullam.