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<p> '''Adul'lam.''' ''(justice of the people).'' Apocrypha. '''Odollam''' , a city of Judah in the lowland of the '''Shefelah''' , &nbsp;Joshua 15:35, the seat of a [[Canaanite]] king, &nbsp;Joshua 12:15, and evidently a place of great antiquity. &nbsp;Genesis 38:1; &nbsp;Genesis 38:12; &nbsp;Genesis 38:20. </p> <p> Fortified by Rehoboam, &nbsp;2 Chronicles 11:7, it was one of the towns reoccupied by the [[Jews]] after their return from Babylon, &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:30, and still a city in the time of the Macabees. &nbsp;2 [[Maccabees]] 12:38. Adullam was probably near ''Deir Dubban'' , five or six miles north of Eleutheropolis. The limestone cliffs of the whole of that locality are pierced with extensive excavations, some one of which is doubtless the "cave of Adullam," the refuge of David. &nbsp;1 Samuel 22:1; &nbsp;2 Samuel 23:13; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 11:15. </p>

<p> '''Adullam''' (''a-dŭl'lam'' ), ''justice of the people.'' &nbsp;Joshua 15:35. An ancient and royal city in Judah, 15 or 20 miles southwest of Jerusalem. The king of the place was slain by Joshua. It was fortified by Rehoboam, and, probably on account of its strength, was called the glory of Israel. &nbsp;Micah 1:15. Near this city was a cave, where David secreted himself when he fled from Achish. The cave is described by a modern traveller as uneven, intricate, and very capacious; he says it is perfectly plain that 400 men might conceal themselves in the sides of the cave, as David's men did, and escape observation. &nbsp;1 Samuel 22:1. </p>