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Michmas, Michmash

Morrish Bible Dictionary

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City and mountain pass in the tribe of Benjamin. It was where Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines, when the victory might have been greater had not Saul distressed the people by his forbidding them to take food until the evening. Men of this town returned from the exile. 1 Samuel 13:2-23; 1 Samuel 14:5,31; Ezra 2:27; Nehemiah 7:31; Nehemiah 11:31; Isaiah 10:28 . Identified with Mukhmas, 31 53' N, 35 16' E . The Wady is in one place nearly half a mile wide, but elsewhere it is a deep gorge with nearly perpendicular rocks with caverns and fissures. In the winter a deep and rapid torrent rushes through it.

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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Michmas, Michmash'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​mbd/​m/michmas-michmash.html. 1897.
 
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