Etam (of Judah)

A town in the territory of Judah; regarded as founded by a man with the same name.

About Etam (of Judah)

1. Rocky area in western Judah where Samson hid from his pursuers (Jgs 15:8, 11).

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Key References

Judges 15:11

In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.

Judges 15:8

And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.

2 Chronicles 11:6

He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

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Judges 15:8

And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.

Judges 15:11

In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.