Adullam
Adullam appears in 9 verses of the Bible, from Genesis to Micah.
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- Near Khirbet esh Sheikh Madhkur, 26 km southwest of Jerusalem
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Adullam was a city in the lowlands of Judah whose cave sheltered David from Saul and gathered the four hundred men who became the core of his army.
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About this time, Judah left home and moved to Adullam, where he stayed with a man named Hirah.
Genesis 38:1 · Read the chapter -
The king of Libnah The king of Adullam
Joshua 12:15 · Read the chapter -
So David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. Soon his brothers and all his other relatives joined him there.
1 Samuel 22:1 · Read the chapter -
Once during the harvest, when David was at the cave of Adullam, the Philistine army was camped in the valley of Rephaim. The Three (who were among the Thirty—an elite group among David’s fighting men) went down to meet him there.
2 Samuel 23:13 · Read the chapter -
Once when David was at the rock near the cave of Adullam, the Philistine army was camped in the valley of Rephaim. The Three (who were among the Thirty—an elite group among David’s fighting men) went down to meet him there.
1 Chronicles 11:15 · Read the chapter -
Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,
2 Chronicles 11:7 · Read the chapter
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