Rock of Etam
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Rock of Etam
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Rock of Etam is mentioned as a rock with the cave where Samson hid after smiting the Philistines "hip and thigh with a great slaughter." It was in Judah but apparently in the low hill country. The rocky hill on which lies the village of Beit `Atab, near Sur`ah (Zorah), was suggested by Conder to be the "Rock of Etam," by way of a corruption of its name. Others suggest that the cavern known as `Arak Isma`in, as described by Hanauer, is to be identified with the "Rock of Etam." The cavern, high up
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