Editing Adullam (section)

===Persian period===
The only record of Adullam for this time-period (c. 539–331 BCE) is taken from the [[Hebrew Bible|Hebrew canonical books]], specifically the account of [[Nehemiah]] who returned with the Jewish exiles from the [[Babylonian captivity]], during the reign of [[Artaxerxes I]].<ref name="Clermont-Ganneau1875"/> According to [[Ezra]], the acclaimed author of the book,<ref>Among the 24 books of the Hebrew canon, the [[Book of Ezra]] and the [[Book of Nehemiah]] are numbered as one book, and which, according to [[Babylonian Talmud]] (''[[Baba Bathra]]'' 15a), was compiled by [[Ezra the Scribe]].</ref> some of these returnees had settled in Adullam.<ref name="AmitDavid"/><ref>{{bibleverse|Nehemiah|11:25-30|HE}}</ref><ref name="EncyclopaediaJudaica"/> According to Nehemiah, the postexilic community that resettled in Adullam traced their lineage to the tribe of Judah.

The political entity that was established in Judea at the time was that of a vassal state, as Judea became a province of the [[Persian Empire]], governed by a [[satrap]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Ben-Yosef|n.d.|pp=36–37 (s.v. {{Script/Hebrew|סקירה היסטורית-ישובית}})}}</ref>