Lexical Definition

‎מִכְמָס‎ Mikmâç (mik-maws') Michmash ^N:N--L
(Ezra 2:2 or מִכְמָשׁ Mikmâsh (mik-mawsh'); or מִכְמַשׁ Mikmash (mik-mash'); (Nehemiah 11:31), from ‎כָּמַס‎; hidden

Mikmas, Mikmash.

• § Michmas or Michmash = "hidden"
• Mikmas or Mikmash, a place in Palestine

1) a city in Benjamin lying near Ramah and approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Jerusalem; probably modern 'Mukhmas'

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִכְמָס‎ proper name, of a location Ezra 2:27 = Neh 7:31 = ‎מִכְמָשׂ‎ (see Baer's notes) 1Sam 13:2 + 6 t. 1 Samuel, + 2 t.; — city in Benjamin, north from Geba and Jerusalem 1Sam 13:2; 1Sam 13:5 (east from Bethaven), v1Sam 13:11 v1Sam 13:16 v1Sam 13:23; 1Sam 14:5; 1Sam 14:31; Isa 10:28; Neh 11:31 ‎׳‎‎אַנְשֵׁי מּ‎ Ezra 2:27 = Neh 7:31. ᵐ5 Μαχ(ε)μας, etc. (On Mikm¹s see Rob^{BR i. 440 ff.} Buhl^{Geogr. § 96}.)

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Michmash • A town in Benjamin; site of Saul's camp and Jonathan's victory

Michmash, a town in Benjamin where Saul camped (1 Samuel 13:2, 5, 11, 16, 23) and near which Jonathan defeated a Philistine garrison (1 Samuel 14:5, 31).

• A location first mentioned at 1Sa.13.2;
• referred to as Michmash or Michmas (NIV= Mikmash) מִכְמָס.
  

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 (1 Samuel 13:2). The Philistines had a garrison at Michmash, and their troops were encamped there (1 Samuel 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 (1 Samuel 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).

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