Bible Location
Meaning: their bird · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
This Etam entry refers to the Simeonite or Samson-related site of refuge, distinct from the fortified Judahite Etam. It is important because duplicate names can obscure very different settings and stories. First appears in 1 Chr 4:32.1
Place meaning
their bird
Coordinates
31.37, 34.86
First appears
1 Chr 4:32
AI summary: Etam matters here as a rugged place of withdrawal in the Samson narrative and as part of the southern settlement world. The place belongs to the landscape of conflict, refuge, and southern tribal memory.1
Place meaning
their bird
Latitude
31.37
Longitude
34.86
Bible references
1
A village of the tribe of Simeon (1 Chr. 4:32). Into some cleft (“top,” A.V.,; R.V., “cleft”) of a rock here Samson retired after his slaughter of the Philistines (Judg. 15:8, 11). It was a natural stronghold. It has been identified with Beit ’Atab, west of Bethlehem, near Zorah and Eshtaol. On the crest of a rocky knoll, under the village, is a long tunnel, which may be the “cleft” in which Samson hid. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
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.