About that time Judah went down from his brothers and he camped near an Adullamite man, whose name was Hirah.
Joshua 15:35 - Tree of Life Version Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, American Standard Version (1901) Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, Common English Bible Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, Catholic Public Domain Version and Jarmuth and Adullam, Socoh and Azekah, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Jerimoth and Adullam, Socho and Azeca, |
About that time Judah went down from his brothers and he camped near an Adullamite man, whose name was Hirah.
(His Judahite wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soho and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the sons of Bithiah, Pharaoh’s daughter whom Mered married.
Yet I will bring the possessor to you, inhabitant of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come as far as Adullam.
Adonai threw them into confusion before Israel, defeated them with a crushing defeat at Gibeon, chased them by the road that goes up to Beth-horon, and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
So they did so, and brought out those five kings to him from the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon.
Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish and Debir king of Eglon saying:
Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah and Gederothaim—14 towns with their villages.
Now the Philistines assembled their armies to battle. They were gathered at Socoh of Judah, and camped in Ephes-dammim, between Socoh and Azekah.
So David walked from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father’s house heard about it, they went down there to him.