# Helam

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{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Helam
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| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|חֵילָם}}
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| region        = ''poss.'' located ≈ 55 km (34 mi){{sfn|Eerdmans|2000|p=571}}
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| affiliation   = present-day [Alma, Israel](/source/Alma%2C_Israel)
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'''Helam''' ({{langx|he|חֵילָם / חֵלָאם}},<ref>[Strong's](/source/James_Strong_(theologian)) [http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H2431&t=KJV '''H2431''' - ''Cheylam'']</ref> ''ḥêlām'';{{sfn|Eerdmans|2000|p=571}} meaning "stronghold", or "place of abundance"{{sfn|Easton|1894|p=321}}) is a [Hebrew Bible place name](/source/List_of_biblical_places).{{sfn|Easton|1894|p=321, a place north of the [Jordan](/source/Jordan) and west of the [Euphrates](/source/Euphrates), in [Gilead](/source/Gilead)}}{{sfn|Eerdmans|2000|p=571}} According to [2 Samuel](/source/2_Samuel) 10:15-18, Helam was the site of King [David](/source/David)'s victory over the Syrians under [Hadadezer](/source/Hadadezer).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+10&version=KJV|title = Bible Gateway passage: 2 Samuel 10 - King James Version}}</ref> It may be associated with modern [Alma, Israel](/source/Alma%2C_Israel), {{sfn|Eerdmans|2000|p=571, per Philip R. Drey in association with [David Noel Freedman](/source/David_Noel_Freedman)}} about 55&nbsp;km (34&nbsp;mi) east of the [Sea of Galilee](/source/Sea_of_Galilee).{{sfn|Eerdmans|2000|p=571}}

For Helam/Alema, a place mentioned in [1 Maccabees](/source/1_Maccabees), see [Alma, Syria](/source/Alma%2C_Syria).<ref name="GRP">{{Cite journal |last=Avi-Yonah |first=Michael |date=1976 |title=Gazetteer of Roman Palestine |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43587090 |journal=Qedem |volume=5 |pages=64 |issn=0333-5844}}</ref>

==See also==
* [Alma, Israel](/source/Alma%2C_Israel)
* [Hadadezer bar Rehob](/source/Hadadezer_bar_Rehob)
* [List of biblical places starting with H](/source/List_of_biblical_places)

==Footnotes==
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==References==
{{EBD|wstitle=Helam}}
* {{cite book|last1=Easton|first1=Matthew George|author-link=Matthew George Easton|title=Easton's Bible Dictionary|date=1894|publisher=T. Nelson|location=Altenmünster|isbn=9783849621865|page=321|edition=Extended Annotated|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KspEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA321}}
* {{cite book|last1=Eerdmans|first1=David Noel Freedman|others=Allen C. Myers, associate ed.; Astrid B. Beck, managing ed.|title=Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible|date=2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qRtUqxkB7wkC|page=571|location=Grand Rapids, MI [etc.]|isbn=9789053565032}}

Category:Hebrew Bible places
Category:Books of Samuel locations
Category:Archaeological sites in Israel

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