BibleLectio

Places › Adam

Adam in the Bible.

Adam is a town in the Bible, about 47 km (29 miles) north-east of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 1 verse, Joshua 3:16.

Read it in BibleLectio

What happened at Adam.

Is referred to in Josh. 3:16. It stood “beside Zarethan,” on the west bank of Jordan (1 Kings 4:12). At this city the flow of the water was arrested and rose up “upon an heap” at the time of the Israelites’ passing over (Josh. 3:16).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Near Adam.

The verse that names Adam.

Joshua 1

  • Joshua 3:16That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

Questions about Adam.

Where is Adam in the Bible?

Adam is a town about 47 km (29 miles) north-east of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.

How many times is Adam named in the Bible?

The King James Version names Adam in 1 verse, in 1 book.

Every place in the Bible, on one map.

Open BibleLectioComing to the App Store