Atlas Biblica

    place · also Michmas

    Michmash

    מִכְמָס, מִכְמָשׂ

    Michmash, a town in Benjamin where Saul camped (1Sa.13.2, 5, 11, 16, 23) and near which Jonathan defeated a Philistine garrison (1Sa.14.5, 31).

    Where the story of Michmash happensWhere the gazetteer locates Michmash, framed to them: Michmash. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Michmash
    Where the gazetteer locates Michmash
    verses
    11
    first named
    1 Samuel 13:2
    last named
    Isaiah 10:28
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    31.87°N · 35.28°E
    settlement31.87°N · 35.28°E

    Mukhmas (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 2 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Michmash in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Michmash was a town in the territory of Benjamin, located about 7 miles north of Jerusalem. It is first mentioned in the Bible as the place where Saul gathered his troops to fight against the Philistines (1Sa.13.2). The Philistines had a garrison at Michmash, and their troops were encamped there (1Sa.13.5, 11, 16, 23). Jonathan, Saul's son, launched a daring attack on the Philistine garrison near Michmash, which led to a great victory for Israel (1Sa.14.5, 31). After the Babylonian exile, some people from Michmash returned to resettle in their hometown (Ezra 2:27; Nehemiah 7:31; 11:31). The prophet Isaiah mentions Michmash in his prophecy about the advance of the Assyrian army, indicating that it was on the route from the north to Jerusalem (Isaiah 10:28).

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    Site of

    Stands in the same events as

    and 1 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 11, across 4 books.

    1. 1 Samuel7 verses

      13:213:513:1113:1613:2314:514:31

    2. Ezra1 verse

      2:27

    3. Nehemiah2 verses

      7:3111:31

    4. Isaiah1 verse

      10:28

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Philistia’s assembly of Israel and Philistia’s campingPhilistiaAn ancient people and region in Canaanvia Philistia’s campingCampingCamping is a concept gathering 40 labelled instances in the text.via Saul Troop PositionsGebaA Levitical city in Benjaminvia Saul Troop PositionsSaulFirst king of Israel, anointed by Samuelvia Philistia’s assembly of IsraelAssemblyAssembly is a concept gathering 97 labelled instances in the text.via Philistia’s assembly of IsraelIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesvia Benjamin Descendants ResidenceAiA Canaanite city conquered by Joshua after initial defeat.via Benjamin Descendants ResidenceAnaniahA town inhabited by Benjamites after the Babylonian exile.via Benjamin Descendants ResidenceAnathothA Levitical city in Benjamin, home of the prophet Jeremiah.

    Where they appear

    What happened here

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    Sources

    What this rests on