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Michmethah
Hiding-place, a town in the northern border of Ephraim and Manasseh, and not far west of Jordan (Josh 16:6; Josh 17:7).
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- Joshua 16:6 And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
- Joshua 17:7 And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of Entappuah.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.