During the period of the Israelite conquest of the land of Canaan, Adullam was one of many city-states with independent and sovereign kings.Ben-Yosef (n.d.), p. 31 According to the same biblical source, the king of Adullam was slain by Joshua and the Israelites during their conquest of the land. The immediate lands were, by what was thought to be a "divine act" of casting lots, given as a tribal inheritance to the progeny of Judah.;
