Adummim

A pass stretching from the hill country into the Jordan Valley and which formed part of Judah's northern border (Joshua 15:7). This place also helps locate Geliloth on Benjamin's southern border (Joshua 18:17). The road from Jerusalem to Jericho went through this mountain pass.

Jerome, a church father, believed that this was where Jesus's story of the good Samaritan took place (Luke 10:30–37). The modern Arabic name means "ascent of blood." The Hebrew name Adummim comes from a word meaning “red” or “reddish.” The name likely comes from the natural color of the rocks, not from the fate of many travelers who were robbed there.