Admah

According to the Bible, Admah (Heb. אַדְמָה) was one of the five cities of the Vale of Siddim.^[1] It was destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah.^[2] It is supposed by William F. Albright to be the same as the "Adam" of Joshua 3:16.^[3] The location of Admah is unknown,^[4] although Bryant G. Wood a proponent of the southern theory for the Cities of the Plain identified the site with Numeira,^[5] but later changed it to Khirbat al-Khanazir Jordan,^[6] although it was only a cemetery during the Bronze Age ^[7] and proponents of the northern theory for the Cities of the Plain identify the site with Tel Nimrin, Jordan.^[8]

The town is mentioned figuratively in the Bible, in Deuteronomy^[9] and Book of Hosea.^[10]

There has also been some conjecture that Admah is mentioned in the Ebla tablets as the Eblaite word "ad-ma" or "ad-mu-utki" = (Town of) Admah.^[11][12]

See also

• Sodom and Gomorrah - two of the five "cities of the plain"
• Zeboim - one of the five "cities of the plain"
• Zoar, former Bela - one of the five "cities of the plain"