Meaning of the name: their testimony; their prey; their ornament. Related names are:
David,
Azekah, Philistines
(and others ...)
. The translations of Adullam in 19 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
A-Đu-Lam in Vietnamese to
অদুল্লম in Bengali!
The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; (JOS 12:15)
Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, (JOS 15:35)
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. (1SA 22:1)
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. (2SA 23:13)
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. (1CH 11:15)
And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam, (2CH 11:7)
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. (NEH 11:30)
Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel. (MIC 1:15)