michmethah Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
michmethah in Easton's Bible Dictionary
hiding-place, a town in the northern border of Ephraim and Manasseh, and not far west of Jordan (Josh. 16:6; 17:7).
michmethah in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(hiding-place), a place which formed one of the landmarks of the boundary of the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh on the western side of Jordan. #Jos 17:7| The position of the place must be somewhere on the east of and not far distant from Shechem.
michmethah in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
MICH'METHAH (rocky?),a town facing Shechem, on the borders of Ephraim and Manasseh. Josh 16:6; Josh 17:7. The Pal. Memoirs suggest Mukhnab, in the plain of Mukhnab, east of Shechem, as its site.
michmethah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
A landmark between Ephraim and Manasseh W. of Jordan, on the E. of and facing Shechem (Joshua 17:7); but Joshua 16:6 says Ephraim's border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the N. side; Grove supposes a gap between Joshua 16:5 and Joshua 16:6.