Mephaath

Town

Location disputed Umm ar Rasas: about 70 km (45 miles) southeast of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

• Umm ar Rasas Possible
• Tell Jawah Less likely
• Khirbet Nefaah Less likely

Mephaath in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 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,

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