EtamEtam is distinct from the similar name Etham, spelled "" in Hebrew ( he, עיטם) is a proper name in the Bible. There are five references to the name Etam in the Hebrew Bible: Person * Etam is mentioned in

1 Chronicles The Book of Chronicles ( he, דִּבְרֵי־הַיָּמִים ) is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Chronicles) in the Christian Old Testament. Chronicles is the final book of the Hebrew Bible, concluding the third sect ...

4:3 as a descendant of Judah, likely a son of

Hur Hur or HUR may refer to: People * Hur (Korean name), also spelled Heo * Hur (Bible), a number of biblical figures * Hur-ul-Nisa Begum, first of the fourteen children of Mumtaz Mahal Places * Hur, Iran (disambiguation), a number of places * Hur ...

. Etam is the father of Jezreel, Ishma, Idbash and their sister

Hazzelelponi Hazzelelponi ( he, הַצְּלֶלְפּוֹנִי ''Haṣṣəlelpōnī'', "the shade-facing") is a biblical woman mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:3. Tzelafon was named after her. Hazzelelponi was a daughter of a man named Etam and thus a descendan ...

. Places *

Etam (biblical town) Etam (''Codex Alexandrinus'': Apan, '' Vaticanus'': Aitan) is mentioned in ''Septuagint'' along with Teqoa, Bethlehem and Phagor ( Joshua 15:59). In 2 Chronicles 11:6 it occurs, between Bethlehem and Teqoa, as one of the cities built "for defens ...

, as referenced in 2 Chronicles 11, was located southwest of Bethlehem near Tekoah. * A village in the tribe of Simeon (

4:32). *

Rock of Etam Rock of Etam is mentioned as a rock with the cave where Samson hid after smiting the Philistines "hip and thigh with a great slaughter." It was in Judah but apparently in the low hill country (same place as the town of Etam) . The rocky hill on wh ...

, a rock where Samson hid.

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