Helam

Helam
חֵילָם‎
Helam is located in Northeast Israel
Helam
Helam
Coordinates: 33°3′4.32″N 35°29′59.63″E / 33.0512000°N 35.4998972°E / 33.0512000; 35.4998972
CountryIsrael
Regionposs. located ≈ 55 km (34 mi)[1]
Affiliationpresent-day Alma, Israel

Helam (Hebrew: חֵילָם / חֵלָאם,[2] ḥêlām;[1] meaning "stronghold", or "place of abundance"[3]) is a Hebrew Bible place name.[4][1] According to 2 Samuel 10:15-18, Helam was the site of King David's victory over the Syrians under Hadadezer.[5] It may be associated with modern Alma, Israel, [6] about 55 km (34 mi) east of the Sea of Galilee.[1]

For Helam/Alema, a place mentioned in 1 Maccabees, see Alma, Syria.[7]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d Eerdmans 2000, p. 571.
  2. ^ Strong's H2431 - Cheylam
  3. ^ Easton 1894, p. 321.
  4. ^ Easton 1894, p. 321, a place north of the Jordan and west of the Euphrates, in Gilead.
  5. ^ "Bible Gateway passage: 2 Samuel 10 - King James Version".
  6. ^ Eerdmans 2000, p. 571, per Philip R. Drey in association with David Noel Freedman.
  7. ^ Avi-Yonah, Michael (1976). "Gazetteer of Roman Palestine". Qedem. 5: 64. ISSN 0333-5844.

References

Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Helam". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.