Place of abundance, a place on the east of Jordan and west of the Euphrates where David gained a great victory over the Syrian army (2 Sam. 10:16), which was under the command of Shobach. Some would identify it with Alamatta, near Nicephorium.
Place
Helam
- Name means
- their army; their trouble
- Location
- 32.184°N, 35.703°E · rough
- Mentioned
- 2 verses
About Helam
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Nearby
Every mention
2 Samuel
10:16–17
Places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0), with locations from OpenBible.info. Many ancient sites are uncertain.