Admah
Sign in to saveAccording to the Hebrew Bible, Admah (Heb. אַדְמָה) was one of the five cities of the Vale of Siddim. Its king, at the time of the Battle of Siddim, was Shinab. The city was destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah.
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According to the Hebrew Bible, Admah (Heb. אַדְמָה) was one of the five cities of the Vale of Siddim. Its king, at the time of the Battle of Siddim, was Shinab. The city was destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah.
==Location== Admah is supposed by William F. Albright to be the same as the "Adam" of . The location of Admah is unknown, although Bryant G. Wood a proponent of the southern theory for the Cities of the Plain identified the site with Numeira, but later changed it to Khirbat al-Khanazir Jordan, although it was only a cemetery during the Bronze Age and proponents of the northern theory for the Cities of the Plain identify the site with Tel Nimrin, Jordan.