Adullam

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Adullam
     one of the royal cities of the Canaanites, now 'Aid-el-ma (Josh.
     12:15; 15:35). It stood on the old Roman road in the valley of
     Elah (q.v.), which was the scene of David's memorable victory
     over Goliath (1 Sam. 17:2), and not far from Gath. It was one of
     the towns which Rehoboam fortified against Egypt (2 Chr. 11:7).


     It was called "the glory of Israel" (Micah 1:15).
     
       The Cave of Adullam has been discovered about 2 miles south of
     the scene of David's triumph, and about 13 miles west from
     Bethlehem. At this place is a hill some 500 feet high pierced
     with numerous caverns, in one of which David gathered together
     "every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt,
     and every one that was discontented" (1 Sam. 22:2). Some of
     these caverns are large enough to hold 200 or 300 men. According
     to tradition this cave was at Wady Khureitun, between Bethlehem
     and the Dead Sea, but this view cannot be well maintained.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Adullam, their testimony; their prey; their ornament