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Ephes-dammim

Ancient site; 3 competing modern identifications, best supported being Khirbet Damun.

Placesettlement3 verseslocation disputed

Where was it?

Scholars do not agree. Every proposal recorded by the source is shown with its support score, so you can see the weight of opinion rather than a single answer.

Proposed site: Khirbet Damun · distanceOpen in OpenStreetMap

Khirbet Damun577
31.6845, 35.0522distance
Khirbet Beit Fasal241
31.6679, 34.9933distance
Khirbet Qeiyafa45
31.6963, 34.9575visible

Name variants

Ephes-dammim (6)
Pas-dammim (6)
Ephes Dammim (4)
Pas Dammim (3)
Pas-Dammim (1)
Pasdammim (1)

References

1 Samuel 17:1
2 Samuel 23:9
1 Chronicles 11:13

Topical references

A battle between David and the Philistines, fought at — 1 Chronicles 11:13
Called EPHES-DAMMIM in — 1 Samuel 17:1

Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.