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ADULLAM
, a Canaanitish See also:town in the territory of the tribe of See also:Judah, perhaps the See also:modern `Aid-el-Ma, 7 M
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N.E. of See also:Beit-Jibrin
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It was in the stronghold (" See also:cave " is a scribal See also:error) of this town that See also:David took See also:refuge on two occasions (I Sam. xxii
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1; 2 Sam
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V
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17)
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The tradition that Adullam is in the See also:great cave of
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Khareitun (St See also:Chariton) is probably due to the crusaders
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From the description of Adullam as the resort of " every one that was in See also:distress," or " in See also:debt," or " discontented," it has often been humorously alluded to, notably by See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott,, who puts the expression into the mouth of the See also:Baron of See also:Bradwardine in Waverley, See also:chap. lvii., and also of See also:Balfour of Burley in Old Mortality
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In modern See also:political See also:history the expression " cave of Adullam " (hence " Adullamites ") came into See also:common use (being first employed in a speech by See also: J . See also:Fox in his temporary See also:secession . From the same usage is derived the shorter political See also:term " cave " for any See also:body of men who secede from their party on some See also:special subject . |
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