Bible Location
Meaning: earthy; red; bloody things · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Adummim was the red ascent on the road between Jerusalem and Jericho. It is important because it was a harsh and exposed transit point in the Judean descent toward the Jordan. First appears in Josh 15:7.1
AI summary: Adummim matters because roads can be as important as cities. Its red, dangerous pass marks a real descent through difficult terrain and later became associated with the kind of vulnerability reflected in the Good Samaritan setting. The cross references present Adummim as a boundary road-point of danger, travel, and remembered exposure.1
The red ones, a place apparently on the road between Jericho and Jerusalem, “on the south side of the torrent” Wady Kelt, looking toward Gilgal, mentioned Josh. 15:7; 18:17. It was nearly half-way between Jerusalem and Jericho, and now bears the name of Tal-at-ed-Dumm. It is supposed to have been the place referred to in the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37). Recently a new carriage-road has been completed, and carriages for the first time have come along this road from Jerusalem. 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.