Migron (1 Samuel 14)
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Other places named Migron: Migron (Isaiah 10).
| Type | region and river and settlement |
|---|---|
| Most likely | Tell Maryam (low confidence) |
| Coordinates | 31.869° N, 35.268° E |
| Mentioned in | 1 verse |
| First mention | 1 Samuel 14:2 |
Migron (1 Samuel 14) is a region and river and settlement named in 1 verse of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Tell Maryam (low confidence; 6 other proposals 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.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Tell Maryam | low (21%) | 31.869° N, 35.268° E |
| Nahal Mikhmash | low (20%) | 31.855° N, 35.288° E |
| not a proper name (threshing floor) | very low (12%) | — |
| about 2 km around Mukhmas | very low (9%) | 31.873° N, 35.277° E |
| Tell el Askar | very low (8%) | 31.880° N, 35.281° E |
| Khirbet el Qubba | very low (2%) | 31.865° N, 35.287° E |
| Makrun | very low (2%) | 31.890° N, 35.271° E |
Verses
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 14:2And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.