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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Etam
ETAM . An altogether obscure place name, applied to a rock in a cleft of which Samson took refuge ( Judges 15:8 ), whence he was dislodged by the Judahites (v. 11), and therefore presumably in Judahite territory (cf. 1 Chronicles 4:3 ). Also applied to a village in the tribe of Simeon ( 1 Chronicles 4:32 ), and a town fortified by Rehoboam ( 2 Chronicles 11:6 ). Whether there are here one or two or three places, and where it or they were, are unanswered questions.
R. A. S. Macalister.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Etam'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/e/etam.html. 1909.