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Where is Michmash in the Bible?

Michmash was a town in the territory of Benjamin, located about 7 miles north of Jerusalem. Michmash appears in 10 verses across 4 books of the Bible.

What happened at Michmash?

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).

Definition text: STEPBible · Tyndale House Cambridge. Licensed CC BY 4.0. Lightly edited for length and formatting.

Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.

Where does Michmash appear in the Bible?

Michmash is referenced in 10 verses across 4 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

1 Samuel 6Nehemiah 2Ezra 1Isaiah 1

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Michmash.

SaulBethelPhilistinesGebaSandSamuel

Common questions

How many times does the Bible mention Michmash?

Michmash appears in 10 verses across 4 books, most often in 1 Samuel, which accounts for 6 of them.

Which books of the Bible mention Michmash?

1 Samuel, Nehemiah, Ezra, Isaiah.

Where can I read every verse about Michmash?

This page lists 10 of them. Protos carries all 10, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.

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