The City of Adam (Hebrew ''adam ha-ir'') is a place which appears in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...

Book of Joshua The Book of Joshua ( he, סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ‎ ', Tiberian: ''Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ'') is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Isra ...

, where it is described as standing "beside Zarethan" on the

east bank Transjordan, the East Bank, or the Transjordanian Highlands ( ar, شرق الأردن), is the part of the Southern Levant east of the Jordan River, mostly contained in present-day Jordan. The region, known as Transjordan, was controlled by nu ...

of the

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

. There, says the biblical text, the flow of the water was arrested, and rose up "upon an heap" at the time of the Israelites' passing over.

Identification

Damiya

The classical identification is with Tell ed-Damye on the east bank of the River Jordan. The nearby modern

ian village is called Damia.

References

Bibliography

* History of the Tribes of Jordan and Palestine, Tribes of Jordan and Palestine (Fayez A. Farda) {{coord, 32.103933, N, 35.546789, E, source:https://biblewalks.com/sites/AdamBridge.html, display=title Hebrew Bible cities Former populated places in Jordan