A town in the foothills of the territory of Judah where David and his men hid in a nearby cave (1 Samuel 22:1).
About Adullam
An old Canaanite city between Lachish and Hebron. It also is the name of a cave region nearby.
The first reference to the city in the Bible is in the word "Adullamite" (someone from Adullam). It is used to describe Hirah, a friend of Judah. After Judah helped sell his brother Joseph into slavery, Judah left home and lived in Adullam with Hirah (Genesis 38:1, 12, 20).
Key References
At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
All Scripture References (11)
Genesis (3)
About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.
Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.
Joshua (2)
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
1 Samuel (1)
So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
2 Samuel (1)
At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
1 Chronicles (1)
Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
2 Chronicles (1)
Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,
Nehemiah (1)
Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom.
Micah (1)
I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.