Place
Rock of Etam
Uncertain location. Scholars propose different sites. The dot marks one proposal.
After Samson struck the Philistines "hip and thigh", he went down and lived at the top of this rock. Three thousand men of Judah came here to bind him and hand him over to the Philistines, and he let them. The site is not known for certain.
Who passed through
In story order. King James Version.
- Samson, Judges 15:7
And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
- Samson, Judges 15:11
Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.
Place names, references and coordinates: STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), with coordinates from OpenBible.info. Map: Natural Earth (public domain).