Michmash

Michmash is a settlement named in 11 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Mukhmas (medium confidence; 1 other proposal below).

Location

Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.

Verses

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 13:2
  Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth–el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.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.
• 1 Samuel 13:5
  And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth–aven.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.
• 1 Samuel 13:11
  And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;“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,
• 1 Samuel 13:16
  And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.
• 1 Samuel 13:23
  And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.
• 1 Samuel 14:5
  The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.One cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to the south toward Geba.
• 1 Samuel 14:31
  And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.

Ezra

• Ezra 2:27
  The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.the men of Michmash, 122;

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 7:31
  The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.the men of Michmash, 122;
• Nehemiah 11:31
  The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth–el, and in their villages,The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;

Isaiah

• Isaiah 10:28
  He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.

Notes

1. Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
2. Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.