Adullam County

The “Adullam” mentioned in the Hebrew Bible is thought to be identical with Tell Sheikh Madkhur. The so-called “Biblical period”, for time reference-sake, has been referred to by historians and archaeologists as the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age, meaning, the Late Canaanite and Israelite periods, respectively rainey recognized Adullam as a Late Bronze Age site.
By the Iron Age, Adullam is referred to in the Hebrew Bible as being one of the royal cities of the Canaanites, and is listed along with the cities Jarmuth and Socho as occupying a place in the region geographically known as the Shefelah, or what is a place of transition between the mountainous region and the coastal plains.