Michmash

Ancient Michmash - Map of New Testament Israel

MICH`MASH (who strikes), A town of Benjamin about seven miles north of Jerusalem. Noted in wars with Philistia, 1 Sam. 13; 14. Also referred to as MICH`MAS in Ezra 2:27....

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Michmash in Easton's Bible Dictionary

something hidden, a town of Benjamin (Ezra 2:27), east of Bethel and south of Migron, on the road to Jerusalem (Isa. 10:28). It lay on the line of march of an invading army from the north, on the north side of the steep and precipitous Wady es- Suweinit ("valley of the little thorn-tree" or "the acacia"), and now bears the name of Mukhmas....

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Michmash Scripture - 1 Samuel 14:5

The forefront of the one [was] situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah....

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Michmash in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1 Samuel 13-14. Now Mukhmas, a poor village of gray huts and ruins, seven miles N. of Jerusalem; on the northern edge of the wady Suweinit, the main pass between the central highlands where Michmash stands and the Jordan valley at Jericho. Opposite Michmash on the other side of the ravine was Geba (Jeba) where was the Philistine garrison, and ...

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Michmash Scripture - 1 Samuel 14:31

And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint....

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Michmash Scripture - 1 Samuel 13:2

Saul chose him three thousand [men] of Israel; [whereof] two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent....

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Michmash Scripture - 1 Samuel 13:23

And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash....

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Michmash Scripture - 1 Samuel 13:5

And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which [is] on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven....

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Michmash Scripture - 1 Samuel 13:11

And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and [that] thou camest not within the days appointed, and [that] the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;...

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Michmash in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

mik'-mash (mikhmash; Machmas): A town in the territory of Benjamin, apparently not of sufficient importance to secure mention in the list of cities given in Josh 18:21 ff. It first appears as occupied by Saul with 2,000 men, when Jonathan, advancing from Gibeah, smote the Philistine garrison in Geba (1 Sam 13:2). To avenge this injury, the Ph...

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