Reference: Michmethah
Easton
hiding-place, a town in the northern border of Ephraim and Manasseh, and not far west of Jordan (Jos 16:6; 17:7).
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Fausets
A landmark between Ephraim and Manasseh W. of Jordan, on the E. of and facing Shechem (Jos 17:7); but Jos 16:6 says Ephraim's border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the N. side; Grove supposes a gap between Jos 16:5 and Jos 16:6.
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Hastings
The word occurs only in Jos 16:6; 17:7, in each case with the article, therefore probably not a proper name. Of the meaning of the word we are entirely ignorant. It indicated a place or some natural feature on the boundary of Manasseh. An echo of the old name may perhaps be heard in el-Mukhneh, the plain which lies to the east of N
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Morish
Mich'methah
Boundary of Ephraim and Manasseh. Jos 16:6; 17:7. Identified by some with Sahel Mukhnah, 32 11' N, 35 17' E.
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Smith
Mich'methah
(hiding-place), a place which formed one of the landmarks of the boundary of the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh on the western side of Jordan.
The position of the place must be somewhere on the east of and not far distant from Shechem.