Hebrew word · H4363
מִכְמָס, מִכְמָשׂ
mikhmas
Michmash
Appears 11 times in 11 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
§ Michmas or Michmash = "hidden"
a city in Benjamin lying near Ramah and approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Jerusalem; probably modern 'Mukhmas'
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
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Where it appears
1 Samuel · 7
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1 Samuel 13:2 בְּמִכְמָשׂ֙ at Micmash
He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.
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1 Samuel 13:5 בְמִכְמָ֔שׂ at Micmash
Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
Here: Michmash, modern Mukhmas, about 11 km north-east of Jerusalem. It sits on the north side of a deep ravine facing Geba, in the very spot Saul had just held (13:2).
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1 Samuel 13:11 מִכְמָֽשׂ׃ Micmash
“What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,
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1 Samuel 13:16 בְמִכְמָֽשׂ׃ in Micmash
Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.
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1 Samuel 13:23 מִכְמָֽשׂ׃ ס Micmash
And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.
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1 Samuel 14:5 מִכְמָ֑שׂ Micmash
One cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to the south toward Geba.
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1 Samuel 14:31 מִמִּכְמָ֖שׂ from Micmash
That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.
Ezra · 1
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Ezra 2:27 מִכְמָ֔ס Micmash
the men of Michmash, 122;
Nehemiah · 2
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Nehemiah 7:31 מִכְמָ֔ס Micmash
the men of Michmash, 122;
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Nehemiah 11:31 מִכְמָ֣שׂ Micmash
The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;
Isaiah · 1
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Isaiah 10:28 לְמִכְמָ֖שׂ to Micmash
Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
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