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Mephaath
Splendour, a Levitical city (Josh 21:37) of the tribe of Reuben (Josh 13:18).
Named in the Bible
4 verses
- Joshua 13:18 And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
- Joshua 21:37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
- 1 Chronicles 6:79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
- Jeremiah 48:21 And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.