Etam, the Rock:
a cliff or lofty rock, into a cleft or chasm of which Samson retired after his slaughter of the Philistines (Judges 15:8; 15:11). This natural stronghold was in the tribe of Judah; and near it, probably at its foot, were Lehi and Ramath‐lehi and Enhakkore (Judges 15:9; 15:14; 15:17; 15:19). The name Etam was held by a city in the neighborhood of Bethlehem (2 Chronicles 11:6) which is known to have been situated in the extremely uneven and broken country round the modern Urtas.
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