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Magbish

מַגְבִּישׁ · mag.bish · H4019“excelling; height” Hitchcock's 18691 mention, all in Ezra

Where it is

No coordinates are recorded for this place.

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Counted from 1 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Magbish is mentioned in Ezra 2:30 in the context of the list of people who returned to Judah from Babylonian exile. The verse states that the sons of Magbish numbered 156. No further details about the location or significance of Magbish are provided in the Bible. It is possible that Magbish was a town or region in Babylonia where some of the exiled Judahites had settled, but this is not specified in the text.

Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Every mention

1 reference, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Ezra 1 mention

What the dictionary says

(congregating), a proper name in (Ezra 2:30) but whether of a man or of a place is doubtful; probably the latter, as all the names from (Ezra 2:20) to 34…

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
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