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Adullam

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: A By: James P. Boyd

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(justice of the people). (1) A city of Canaan allotted to Judah (Gen. 38:1¹And 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. (Genesis 38:1); Josh. 12:15; 15:35¹⁵The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; (Joshua 12:15)
³⁵Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, (Joshua 15:35); 2 Chron. 11:7⁷And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam, (2 Chronicles 11:7)). Repeopled after the captivity (Neh. 11:30³⁰Zanoah, 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. (Nehemiah 11:30)). (2) The cave Adullam was David’s hiding-place, where his friends gathered (1 Sam. 22:1¹David 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. (1 Samuel 22:1); 2 Sam. 23:13¹³And 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. (2 Samuel 23:13); 1 Chron. 11:15¹⁵Now 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. (1 Chronicles 11:15)).

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