Adullam in the Bible
At a glance
- Name: Adullam
- Classification: Place
- Testament: Old Testament
- Verse mentions: 8
- Books: 7
- Chapters: 8
Description
Adullam was a city in the territory of Judah, known for the cave where David hid from King Saul, mentioned in 1 Samuel.
KJV Bible references
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
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.
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.
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.
and Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
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.
Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: He shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.