Helam

Helam
  • חֵילָם (Hebrew)
Helam is located in Northeast Israel
Helam
Helam
Location within Northeast Israel
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)
Affiliationpresent-day Alma, Israel

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

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

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.