Helam ( he, חֵילָם, ''ḥêlām''; meaning "stronghold", or "place of abundance") is a
Hebrew Bible place name. According to
2 Samuel
The Book of Samuel (, ''Sefer Shmuel'') is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Samuel) in the Old Testament. The book is part of the narrative history of Ancient Israel called the Deuteronomistic history, a series of books (Book ...
10:15-18, Helam was the site of King
David
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
's victory over the Syrians under
Hadarezer
Hadadezer ( ''bib'' Heb: ''Ḥăḏaḏeʹzer''; meaning "Hadad helps"), son of Rehob, was king of Zobah, a Syrian (Aramaean) kingdom that may have been in the Beqaa valley of Lebanon, extended along the eastern side of the Anti-Lebanon Mountai ...
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It may be associated with modern
Alma, Israel
Alma ( he, עַלְמָה) is a religious Jewish moshav in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In , it had a population of . It is built on the basaltic plateau north of Saf ...
, about 55 km (34 mi) east of the
Sea of Galilee
The Sea of Galilee ( he, יָם כִּנֶּרֶת, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, גִּנֵּיסַר, ar, بحيرة طبريا), also called Lake Tiberias, Kinneret or Kinnereth, is a freshwater lake in Israel. It is the lowest ...
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See also
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Alma, Israel
Alma ( he, עַלְמָה) is a religious Jewish moshav in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In , it had a population of . It is built on the basaltic plateau north of Saf ...
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Hadadezer bar Rehob
Hadadezer ( ''bib'' Heb: ''Ḥăḏaḏeʹzer''; meaning "Hadad helps"), son of Rehob, was king of Zobah, a Syrian (Aramaean) kingdom that may have been in the Beqaa valley of Lebanon, extended along the eastern side of the Anti-Lebanon Mounta ...
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List of biblical places starting with H
Footnotes
References
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* {{cite book, last1=Eerdmans, first1=David Noel Freedman, others=Allen C. Myers, associate ed. ; Astrid B. Beck, managing ed., title=Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, date=2000, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qRtUqxkB7wkC, page=571, location=Grand Rapids, MI
tc.isbn=9789053565032
Hebrew Bible places
Archaeological sites in Israel