Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4363
מִכְמָס, מִכְמָשׂ
mikh.mas · “Michmash”
Used 11 times across 4 books
Definition
§ Michmas or Michmash = "hidden"
a city in Benjamin lying near Ramah and approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Jerusalem; probably modern 'Mukhmas'
Where it appears
1 Samuel7
Ezra1
Nehemiah2
Isaiah1
In the text
1 Samuel 13:2Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth–el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.1 Samuel 13:5And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth–aven.1 Samuel 13:11And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;1 Samuel 13:16And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.1 Samuel 13:23And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.1 Samuel 14:5The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.1 Samuel 14:31And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.Ezra 2:27The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.Nehemiah 7:31The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.Nehemiah 11:31The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth–el, and in their villages,
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