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Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

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Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

Bible -- Geography; Names in the Bible; Names, Geographical

|              |              |   |
=MICHMASH=      |1 Sam. xiii.  |_Mŭkhmâs_     |14 |Now the village
                | 2-23; xiv.   |              |   | ‘Mŭkhmâs,’ 7 miles
                | 5, 31; Ezra  |              |   | north of Jerusalem. In
                | ii. 27; Neh. |              |   | Ezra ii. 27; Neh. vii.
                | vii. 31; xi. |              |   | 31, Michmas. (_Mem._
                | 31; Isa. x.  |              |   | III. 149; Sh. XVII.)
                | 28           |              |   |
                |              |              |   |
=MICHMETHAH=    |Josh. xvi. 6; |_Sahel el     |10 |Generally identified
 (R.V.          | xvii. 7      | Mukhnah_ (?) |   | with the great
 =MICHMETHATH=) |              |              |   | ‘plain of Mukhnah.’
                |              |              |   | _See_ Asher.
                |              |              |   | (_Mem._ II. 169;
                |              |              |   | Sh. XI.)--Conder’s
                |              |              |   | _Handbook to the
                |              |              |   | Bible_, p. 104.
                |              |              |   |
=MIDDIN=        |Josh. xv. 61  |_Not          |-- |One of the six cities
                |              | identified_  |   | situated in the
                |              |              |   | wilderness of Judea.
                |              |              |   | The name ‘Kh. Mird’
                |              |              |   | occurs 9 miles east of
                |              |              |   | Jerusalem.
                |              |              |   |
=MIDIAN=        |Frequently    |              |-- |Country east of gulf of
                | mentioned    |              |   | ‘Akabah,’ and part of
                |              |              |   | Sinai Peninsula.
                |              |              |   |
=MIGDAL-EL=     |Josh. xix. 38 |_Mûjeidel_    | 6 |Named in the group Iron
                |              |              |   | (Yarûn) and Horem
                |              |              |   | (Harah), etc., etc.,
                |              |              |   | of Naphtali. Now
                |              |              |   | Mujeidel, in Upper
                |              |              |   | Galilee. (_Mem._ I.
                |              |              |   | 96; Sh. II.)--Van de
                |              |              |   | Velde.
                |              |              |   |
=MIGDAL-GAD=    |Josh. xv. 37  |_el Mejdel_   |13 |Possibly the important
                |              | (??)         |   | village 2 miles inland
                |              |              |   | from Askelon. (_Mem._
                |              |              |   | II. 410; Sh. XVI.)
                |              |              |   |
=MIGDOL=        |Ez. xiv. 2;   |              |-- |On the east borders of
                | Num.

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Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

Bible -- Geography; Names in the Bible; Names, Geographical

|              |              |   |
=MICHMASH=      |1 Sam. xiii.  |_Mŭkhmâs_     |14 |Now the village
                | 2-23; xiv.   |              |   | ‘Mŭkhmâs,’ 7 miles
                | 5, 31; Ezra  |              |   | north of Jerusalem. In
                | ii. 27; Neh. |              |   | Ezra ii. 27; Neh. vii.
                | vii. 31; xi. |              |   | 31, Michmas. (_Mem._
                | 31; Isa. x.  |              |   | III. 149; Sh. XVII.)
                | 28           |              |   |
                |              |              |   |
=MICHMETHAH=    |Josh. xvi. 6; |_Sahel el     |10 |Generally identified
 (R.V.          | xvii. 7      | Mukhnah_ (?) |   | with the great
 =MICHMETHATH=) |              |              |   | ‘plain of Mukhnah.’
                |              |              |   | _See_ Asher.
                |              |              |   | (_Mem._ II. 169;
                |              |              |   | Sh. XI.)--Conder’s
                |              |              |   | _Handbook to the
                |              |              |   | Bible_, p. 104.
                |              |              |   |
=MIDDIN=        |Josh. xv. 61  |_Not          |-- |One of the six cities
                |              | identified_  |   | situated in the
                |              |              |   | wilderness of Judea.
                |              |              |   | The name ‘Kh. Mird’
                |              |              |   | occurs 9 miles east of
                |              |              |   | Jerusalem.
                |              |              |   |
=MIDIAN=        |Frequently    |              |-- |Country east of gulf of
                | mentioned    |              |   | ‘Akabah,’ and part of
                |              |              |   | Sinai Peninsula.
                |              |              |   |
=MIGDAL-EL=     |Josh. xix. 38 |_Mûjeidel_    | 6 |Named in the group Iron
                |              |              |   | (Yarûn) and Horem
                |              |              |   | (Harah), etc., etc.,
                |              |              |   | of Naphtali. Now
                |              |              |   | Mujeidel, in Upper
                |              |              |   | Galilee. (_Mem._ I.
                |              |              |   | 96; Sh. II.)--Van de
                |              |              |   | Velde.
                |              |              |   |
=MIGDAL-GAD=    |Josh. xv. 37  |_el Mejdel_   |13 |Possibly the important
                |              | (??)         |   | village 2 miles inland
                |              |              |   | from Askelon. (_Mem._
                |              |              |   | II. 410; Sh. XVI.)
                |              |              |   |
=MIGDOL=        |Ez. xiv. 2;   |              |-- |On the east borders of
                | Num.

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Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

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