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Etam

Now Arak Ismain.

location: likely

Named in 2 tagged verses in 1 book, first at Judges 15:8.

Kind
Settlement
Coordinates
31.76° N, 35.03° E
Nearest
Valley of Sorek 2.5 km
People
1 person
Events
1 event
Tagged in
2 verses

Map

Etam is the filled marker at the centre; the 10 nearest places with a page are around it. The position follows OpenBible.info, which grades it a likely location.

People

People named in the same verses as Etam, most often first.

Events

1 event told in verses that name Etam, in the order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).

  1. 1140 BCPhilistine Dominion1 shared verse

Mentions

2 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Judges2

Counts are verses tagged with this place in Theographic. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 2 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Judges2 verses
  1. 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. 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.

Nearby

The 10 places with a page nearest to Etam, by straight-line distance.

  1. Valley of Sorek2.5 km
  2. En-hakkore2.9 km
  3. Mahaneh-dan3.0 km
  4. Chesalon3.1 km
  5. Kiriath-arim3.1 km
  6. Shaaraim3.1 km
  7. Elonbeth-hanan3.3 km
  8. Dan4.0 km
  9. Beth-shemesh5.0 km
  10. Mount Seir5.2 km