Etam in the Bible

Meaning: their bird, their covering

Exact Match

He struck them down and defeated them. Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam.

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Three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in the cliff of Etam and said to Samson, "Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? Why have you done this to us?" He said to them, "I have only done to them what they have done to me."

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Thematic Bible



And {he gave them a thorough beating}, and he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

Then three thousand men from Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and they said to Samson, "Do you not know that the Philistines [are] ruling over us? What [is] this [that] you have done to us?" And he said to them, "Just as they did to me, so I have done to them." They said to him, "We have come down to bind you and give you over into the hand of [the] Philistines." And Samson said to them, "Swear to me that you will not attack me yourselves." They said to him, "No, we will only bind you and give you into their hand; we will certainly not kill you." So they bound him with two new ropes, and they brought him up from the rock.


He built Bethlehem, Etah, Tekoa,


And their villages [were] Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token, and Ashan, five cities


And these [were] the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. And the name of their sister [was] Hazzelelponi,


And {he gave them a thorough beating}, and he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.


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