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Bible Encyclopedias
Adullam
The Catholic Encyclopedia
or (Hebrew Adhullam, Vulgate Odollam, but Adullam in Joshua 15:35.)
(1) A Chanaanite city, to the west of Bethlehem, at the foot of the mountains of Juda. From the hands of the Chanaanites (Genesis 38:1 ff.) it passed into the power of Juda (Joshua 12:15; 15:35), was fortified by Roboam (2 Chronicles 11:7), mentioned by the prophet Micheas (1:15), and after the exile re-peopled by Jews (Nehemiah 11:30; 2 Maccabees 12:38).
(2) The Cave of Adullam, the shelter of David and his followers (1 Samuel 22:1, 2), is situated, according to some, six miles southeast of Bethlehem, in the Wady Khareitun; but more probably near the city of Adullam.
CLERMONT-GANNEAU and CONDER, Palestine Exploration Fund, Mere., III, 361-367; MUIR in HAST., Dict. of the Bible, I (New York, 1903).
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Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Adullam'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/adullam.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
