Reference: Moladah

birth, a city in the south of Judah which fell to Simeon (Jos 15:21-26; 19:2). It has been identified with the modern el-Milh, 10 miles east of Beersheba.

A city in southern Judah, next Edom (Jos 15:26), given to Simeon (Jos 19:2; 1Ch 4:28). It reverted to Judah after the captivity (Ne 11:25-26). Now Khirbet el Milh, a ruin with two wells, one dry, the other with water at a depth of more than 40 ft. On the road from Petra to Hebron, ten miles E. of Beersheba.

A city reckoned to Judah in Jos 15:26, and to Simeon in Jos 19:2; 1Ch 4:28. It is in no way related to Tell el-Milh, 'hill of salt,' with which Robinson and others have identified it. Probably it lay near Beersheba, but the site has not been recovered.

W. Ewing.

Mola'dah

City in the south of Judah: it was inhabited on the return from exile. Jos 15:26; 19:2; 1Ch 4:28; Ne 11:26. Identified by some with the ruins at Tell el Milh, 31 13' N, 35 1' E.

Mol'adah

(birth, race), a city of Judah, one of those which lay in the district of "the south."

Jos 15:26; 19:2

In the latter tribe it remained at any rate till the reign of David,

1Ch 4:28

but by the time of the captivity it seems to have come back into the hands of Judah, by whom it was reinhabited after the captivity.

Ne 11:26

It may be placed at el-Milh, which is about 4 English miles from Tell Arad, 17 or 18 from Hebron, and 9 or 10 due east of Beersheba.