Pas-Dammim
People's Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Pas-dammim ( Păs'Dăm'Mim ), Boundary Of Blood. The scene of fierce contests between the Israelites and the Philistines. 1 Chronicles 11:13. It is called Ephes-dammim in 1 Samuel 17:1; perhaps Damum, about 11 miles southwest of Jerusalem.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]
Pas-dam'mim. (Boundary Of Blood). See Ephes-Dammim .
Easton's Bible Dictionary [3]
1 Samuel 17:1 1 Chronicles 11:13
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [4]
Pas-Dammim See Ephes-dammim.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
(Heb. Pas Danmmim', פִּס דִּמַּים , Wrist Of Blood [or Extension Of Brooks, Furst]; Sept. Φασοδομή v.r. Φασοδομίν ,Vulg. Aphesdomim) , the form in 1 Chronicles 11:13 of the name which in 1 Samuel 17:1 is given more at length as Ephes-Dammim It will be observed that in the original of Pas-dammim the article ( הִפִּס ) has taken the place of the first letter of the other form ( אֶפֶס ). In the parallel narrative of 2 Samuel 23 the name appears to be corrupted (Kennicott, Dissert. p. 137) to charpham ( חָרְפָם ), in the A.V. rendered "there." The present text of Josephus (Ant . 7:12, 4) gives it as Arasanos ( Ἀράσαμος ) . The chief interest attaching to the appearance of the name in this passage of Chronicles is the evidence it affords that the place was the scene of repeated encounters between Israel and the Philistines, unless indeed we treat 1 Chronicles 11:13 (and the parallel passage, 2 Samuel 23:11) as an independent account of the occurrence related in 1 Samuel 17, which hardly seems possible. (See David). A ruined: site bearing the name Damun lies near the road from Jerusalem to Beit Jebrin (Van de Velde, Palest. 2:193; Tobler, Dritte Wand. p. 201), about three miles east of Shuweikeh (Socho). Dr. Porter, however, who visited and carefully surveyed this region, came to the conclusion that the camp of the Philistines must have been west and not east of Shochoh, and he does not therefore identify Ephes-dammim with Damun ( Handbook For Palestine, p. 261). (See Brook Of Elah).
