And Beth–zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
And Beth-zur, and Soco, and Adullam,
and Beth-Zur, and Shocho, and Adullam,
and Beth-zur, and Soco, and Adullam,
2 Chronicles — Solomon to the exile — retold through the southern kings only. A priestly history that keeps its lens on the temple, on reform kings, and on the repentance formula (7:14) that will be quoted in a thousand sermons.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
2 Samuel 23:13At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
leads to
So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
Through
1 Samuel 22:1So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
leads to
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.
I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.
I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.
Through
Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
leads to
Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
The verses this one reaches8
Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor,
I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth-zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Mighty.
