Michmash

מִכְמָס, מִכְמָשׂ · mikh.mas · H436311 mentions in 4 books, most in 1 Samuel (7)

Where it is

31.87° N, 35.28° E

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Mentioned most in

1 Samuel · 7 Nehemiah · 2 Ezra · 1 Isaiah · 1

Counted from 11 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Michmash was a town in the territory of Benjamin, located about 7 miles north of Jerusalem. It is first mentioned in the Bible as the place where Saul gathered his troops to fight against the Philistines (1Sa.13.2). The Philistines had a garrison at Michmash, and their troops were encamped there (1Sa.13.5, 11, 16, 23). Jonathan, Saul's son, launched a daring attack on the Philistine garrison near Michmash, which led to a great victory for Israel (1Sa.14.5, 31). After the Babylonian exile, some people from Michmash returned to resettle in their hometown (Ezra 2:27; Nehemiah 7:31; 11:31). The prophet Isaiah mentions Michmash in his prophecy about the advance of the Assyrian army, indicating that it was on the route from the north to Jerusalem (Isaiah 10:28).

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Every mention

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

1 Samuel7 mentions

1 Samuel 13:2Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin.…1 Samuel 13:5The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel: thirty thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude. They came…1 Samuel 13:11Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul said, “Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you didn’t come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled…1 Samuel 13:16Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with them, stayed in Geba of Benjamin; but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.1 Samuel 13:23The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.1 Samuel 14:5The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.1 Samuel 14:31They struck the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. The people were very faint;

Ezra1 mention

Ezra 2:27The men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two.

Nehemiah2 mentions

Nehemiah 7:31The men of Michmas: one hundred twenty-two.Nehemiah 11:31The children of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and its towns,

Isaiah1 mention

Isaiah 10:28He has come to Aiath. He has passed through Migron. At Michmash he stores his baggage.

What the dictionary says

Something hidden, a town of Benjamin (Ezra 2:27), east of Bethel and south of Migron, on the road to Jerusalem (Isa. 10:28).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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Sources

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