Etam
Etam, the cliff where Samson hid after defeating the Philistines, located in Judah.
The name Etam means “their bird, their covering”
PlaceOld Testament1 book2 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Judges 15:8; only referred to as Etam (עֵיטָם).
Location
- Identified as
- Arak Ismain
- Certainty
- Likely (82% of scholarship) · 2 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 31.764° N, 35.026° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- עֵיטָםEtam
Mentions
- And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
- 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.