Encyclopedia of The Bible – Adami-Nekeb
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Adami-Nekeb

ADAMI-NEKEB ăd’ ə mī nĕk’ ĕb (אֲדָמִ֥י הַנֶּ֛קֶב, red lands of the pass, fortress of the pass, or ground of the pass). A place on the border of Naphtali (Josh 19:33). KJV divides into two names Adami and Nekeb following the LXX which, though spelling variously, also renders as two names. Probably to be located at Khirbet Damiyeh, a Bronze Age site five m. SW of Tiberias on the W side of the Sea of Galilee controlling a pass on a caravan route from the area E of Galilee to the plain of Acco. This site, however, appears to be several m. from the Naphtali-Zebulon border. None of the names in the list of fortified Naphtali cities (19:35-38) are identified with the border cities in vv. 33, 34 unless Adami and Adamah are the same.