Middle East
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Jerusalem District

Tel Adullam

Adullam is an ancient ruin once numbered among the thirty-six cities of Canaan whose kings "Joshua and the children of Israel smote". After that, it fell as an inheritance to the tribe of Judah and was included in the northern division of the "lowland" cities of the land of Judah.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 439 metres
  • Description: Archaeological site mentioned in the Bible
  • Also known as: “Adullam”, “Khirbat Id al Minya”, and “Khirbat Jubeil Naqqar”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Valley of Elah and Horvat Itri.

Valley
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The , Ella Valley, or Wadi es-Sunt, is a long, shallow valley in the area of . It is best-known from the Hebrew Bible incident where David defeated Goliath.

Archaeological site
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Horvat 'Ethri, or Umm Suweid, is an archaeological site situated in the in modern-day . Excavations at the site have uncovered the remains of a partially restored Jewish village from the Second Temple period.

Peak
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Khirbat Umm Burj was a Palestinian Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict, sometimes designated in modern maps as Burgin. Its ruins are today located within the borders of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Surif and Kharas.

Town
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is a Palestinian City in the located 25 km northwest of the city of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, had a population of 17,287 in 2017.

Town
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is a Palestinian town in the southern State of Palestine, located twelve kilometers northwest of , part of the . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 9,139 inhabitants in 2017.

Village
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also known as Roglit, is a moshav in central . Located in the Adullam region and built upon an eminence in the far south-east end of the , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.

Tel Adullam

Latitude
31.6506° or 31° 39′ 2″ north
Longitude
35.002° or 35° 0′ 7″ east
Elevation
439 metres (1,440 feet)
Open location code
8G3QM222+6R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278474103
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Wiki­data ID
Q2914860
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Tel Adullam” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Adul.lam”
  • Catalan: “Adul•lam”
  • Catalan: “Adullam”
  • Catalan: “Aduŀlam”
  • Catalan: “Adul·lam”
  • French: “Adullam”
  • Greek: “Αδουλλάμ”
  • Greek: “Οδολλάμ”
  • Greek: “Οδουλλάμ”
  • Hebrew: “עדולם”
  • Hebrew: “עדלם”
  • Hebrew: “תל עדולם”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Adullam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Horvat Adullam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tell al-Sheikh Madhkur”
  • Polish: “Adullam”
  • Portuguese: “Adulamita”
  • Portuguese: “Adulamitas”
  • Portuguese: “Adulão”
  • Portuguese: “Caverna de Adulão”
  • Russian: “Адоллам”
  • Russian: “Одоллам | Адуллам”
  • Spanish: “‘Adullam”
  • Spanish: “Ádullam”
  • Swedish: “Adullam”
  • Welsh: “Adulam”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as سهول وادي السر- السور and Aderet.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Adulam caves and תצפית תל עדולם.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tel Adullam”. Photo: Davidbena, CC BY-SA 3.0.