According to the Bible, Admah (Heb. אַדְמָה) was one of the

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of the Vale of Siddim. It was destroyed along with

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. It is supposed by

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to be the same as the "Adam" of . The location of Admah is unknown, although Bryant G. Wood a proponent of the southern theory for the Cities of the Plain identified the site with

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, but later changed it to Khirbat al-Khanazir Jordan, although it was only a cemetery during the Bronze Age and proponents of the northern theory for the Cities of the Plain identify the site with

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, Jordan. The town is mentioned figuratively in the

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, in Deuteronomy and

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. There has also been some conjecture that Admah is mentioned in the

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as the Eblaite word "ad-ma" or "ad-mu-utki" = (Town of) Admah.contra. Thomas O'Toole
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''December 9, 1979

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