Helam

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| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|חֵילָם}}

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| region = poss. located ≈ 55 km (34 mi){{sfn|Eerdmans|2000|p=571}}

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| affiliation = present-day Alma, Israel

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Helam ({{langx|he|חֵילָם / חֵלָאם}},Strong's [http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H2431&t=KJV H2431 - Cheylam] ḥêlām;{{sfn|Eerdmans|2000|p=571}} meaning "stronghold", or "place of abundance"{{sfn|Easton|1894|p=321}}) is a Hebrew Bible place name.{{sfn|Easton|1894|p=321, a place north of the Jordan and west of the Euphrates, in Gilead}}{{sfn|Eerdmans|2000|p=571}} According to 2 Samuel 10:15-18, Helam was the site of King David's victory over the Syrians under Hadadezer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+10&version=KJV|title = Bible Gateway passage: 2 Samuel 10 - King James Version}} It may be associated with modern Alma, Israel, {{sfn|Eerdmans|2000|p=571, per Philip R. Drey in association with David Noel Freedman}} about 55 km (34 mi) east of the Sea of Galilee.{{sfn|Eerdmans|2000|p=571}}

For Helam/Alema, a place mentioned in 1 Maccabees, see Alma, Syria.{{Cite journal |last=Avi-Yonah |first=Michael |date=1976 |title=Gazetteer of Roman Palestine |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43587090 |journal=Qedem |volume=5 |pages=64 |issn=0333-5844}}