Michmash
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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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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A city of the tribe of Benjamin
1Sa 13:5
-People of the captivity return to, and dwell in
Ezr 2:27; Ne 11:31
-Prophesy concerning the king of Assyria storing his baggage
at
Isa 10:28
-Is garrisoned by Saul
1Sa 13:2
-Philistines killed at, by Jonathan
1Sa 14:31...
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(hidden), a town which is known to us almost solely by its
connection with the Philistine war of Saul and Jonathan. 1Sa
13:1 ..., 14:1 ... It has been identified with great
probability in a village which still bears the name of
Mukhmas, about seven miles north of Jerusalem. The place was
thus situated in the very middle of the tribe of Benjami...
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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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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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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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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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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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And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people [that were]
present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the
Philistines encamped in Michmash....
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