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King James Version, Adami and Nekeb are given as separate names, and it is an open question which view of the matter is correct. Most of the Greek texts give the names as two.
Where is Adami-nekeb in the Bible?
Adami-nekeb is a biblical place located in the territory of the tribe of Naphtali in northern Israel, as recorded in the Book of Joshua. The name appears in Joshua 19:33 as part of the description of Naphtali's tribal boundaries during the Israelite conquest and settlement of Canaan. Scholars debate whether Adami and Nekeb represent one location or two separate places, with ancient sources like the Greek texts and Vulgate treating them as distinct names. The site marked an important boundary marker for the tribal territories in the northern region of ancient Israel.
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Adami-nekeb
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)King James Version, Adami and Nekeb are given as separate names, and it is an open question which view of the matter is correct. Most of the Greek texts give the names as two. The Vulgate has "Adami quae est Neceb." The Jerusalem Talmud gives two names, though instead of Hannekeb or Nekeb it has Siyadathah (Meg 1 1, or Neubauer's Geog du Talmud, 225). In the list of places conquered by Thothmes III of Egypt occurs the name NQBU (Tomkins, Rec of Past, new series, V, 47), which seems to be the same with Neqeb.
The list of names for the border of Naphtali (Jos 19:33,34) has no name in common with the list of cities (Jos 19:35-38) unless Adami and Adamah are the same. The PE Survey maps locate Adamah at Damieh, about seven miles northwest of the exit of the Jordan from the Lake of Galilee, and Adami at Khurbet Adamah, five or six miles south of the exit. Conder, Tomkins and others place Adami at Damieh, and identify Nekeb by its Talmudic name in the neighboring ruin Seiyadeh. Conder says (art. "Nekeb," HDB) that the "pass" implied in the name Nekeb "is probably one leading from the eastern precipices near Tiberias."
Willis J. Beecher
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