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Menuhoth
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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men - ū´hoth ( מנחות , menuḥōth , "dwellings"; the King James Version מנחתּי , mānaḥtı̄ Manahethites ): The first form is the Revised Version (British and American) transliterated in the name; the second form is the King James Version retained by the Revised Version (British and American) in the passages where the word occurs ( 1 Chronicles 2:52; compare 1 Chronicles 2:54 ). The people here spoken of by the King James Version as "half of the Manahethites" are mentioned as descendants of Salma (1 Chronicles 2:54 ), while those mentioned as Menuhoth are mentioned as descendants of Judah through Shobal, father of Kiriath-jearim. Both words are from the same root. the King James Version keeps the same designation for both passages, while the Revised Version (British and American) has marked the difference in spelling by changing the first passage and following the King James Version in the second. Both sections of the family belong to the Caleb clan, and it would seem that they became the dominant people in the otherwise unknown town of Manahath, so that it came to be regarded as belonging to Judah. It may be connected with the Menuchah (the Revised Version (British and American) "Menuhah") suggested as a place-name in Judges 20:43 margin. In the Septuagint, between Joshua 15:59 and Joshua 15:60 , the names of 11 cities are inserted, among them being a Manocho whose Hebrew equivalent gives the word. It is difficult to identify, and the Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) cuts the knot by translating "dimidium requietionum"! See MANAHATH .
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Menuhoth'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/m/menuhoth.html. 1915.
