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The term "Cave of Adullam" has been used by political commentators referring to any small group remote from power but planning to return. Thus in Walter Scott's 1814 novel Waverley when the Jacobite rising of 1745 marches south through England, the Jacobite Baron of Bradwardine welcomes scanty recruits while remarking that they closely resemble David's followers at the Cave of Adullam ...
The "Adullam" mentioned in the Hebrew Bible is thought to be identical with Tell Sheikh Madkhur. [ 8 ] [ 20 ] [ 2 ] [ 21 ] The so-called "Biblical period", for time reference-sake, has been referred to by historians and archaeologists as the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age , meaning, the Late Canaanite and Israelite periods, respectively. [ 22 ]
"Adullam": was a 'cave' (according to Masoretic Text), which also functioned as a 'stronghold' (according to Septuagint; cf. verse 4), located to the south-west of Jerusalem in the Shephelah. [17] The geographical condition of the wilderness around Adullam in Judah had long been a hideout of fugitives. [19]
In the narrative, three of the thirty visit David when he is located at the cave of Adullam. While there, David expresses a heartfelt desire for water from a well near Bethlehem, which the narrative states was occupied by Philistines. The three of the thirty therefore forcefully break past the Philistines, and draw water from the well, which ...
The name was a biblical reference to the cave of Adullam where David and his allies sought refuge from Saul. After the death of Palmerston in 1865, a second Reform Act became a priority for the Liberal Party. However, not all sections of the party agreed with this agenda. The most important internal opposition came from the Adullamites.
Jaffa–Jerusalem railway and Valley of Rephaim near Jerusalem. The Valley of Rephaim (Hebrew: עמק רפאים, Emeq Rephaim) (Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:16, R.V.) is a valley descending southwest from Jerusalem to Nahal Sorek below, it is an ancient route from the coastal plain to the Judean Hills, probably named after the legendary race of giants.
@Huldra:, the old identification of the Cave of Adullam has been rejected by modern archaeologists and historical geographers. 98% now say that the Adullam of the Bible is where it is marked at Kh. Aid al-Miah and its adjacent site. As for the other minor (antiquated) locations, there is a place to add this information in the article, but it ...
Cave of Horror: Cave 8 [51] Cave of Letters [52] Cave of the Minor Sanhedrin [53] Cave of Nicanor [54] Château Pèlerin: Atlit fortress, Castle Pilgrim [55] Located within a closed military area of the Atlit naval base. [56] Chorazin: Korazim [57] Daughters of Jacob Bridge: Gesher Bnot Ya'akov, Jisr Benat Ya'kub [58] Tel Dan: Tell el-Qadi